as in child
a recently born person
the hospital has added a new wing especially for neonates
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Recent Examples of neonate
To understand where these births might be happening, researchers examined whether neonate sightings were associated with specific environmental conditions.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Despite the underlying cause, the management of a sick neonate follows a consistent approach.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
This means there is a two-month window after birth where neonates are at their most vulnerable.
—Paul Sisson, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
Whale shark neonates, like other shark species, do not receive any parental care after birth.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Despite the underlying cause, the management of a sick neonate follows a consistent approach.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
This means there is a two-month window after birth where neonates are at their most vulnerable.
—Paul Sisson, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
Whale shark neonates, like other shark species, do not receive any parental care after birth.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for neonate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neonate
Noun
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Central to his story is his birth on the dying planet Krypton and his arrival as an outsider to Kansas, and the creators of the comic, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, are children of European Jewish immigrants.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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That may involve preventing children from accessing the entire site or app, or only some parts or kinds of content.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 July 2025
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This program sequenced the genomes of 100,000 infants to screen for over 200 rare, treatable genetic conditions.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Photo collages in the waiting room show hundreds of patients, from infants to young adults.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Changes to Medicaid Texas' Medicaid population tends to be children, pregnant people or people who have had a baby less than 12 months ago, seniors in nursing homes or people with disabilities who are unable to work.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Aug. 2025
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The nonprofit focuses on the health of babies and mothers and monitors the ease of access to maternal care services.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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The dead included a newborn who was delivered in a complex surgery after his mother, who was seven months pregnant, was killed in a strike, according to the Nasser Hospital.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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In the first image, the newborn’s tiny foot is gently cradled by what appears to be both Pons and Guaynaa.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
27 July 2025
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In 1942, the mother of a toddler was given a shocking order: She was told that her child must be sent to a detention facility without her.—
Sacha Pfeiffer,
NPR,
22 July 2025
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Some of the parents who say their toddlers were abused by employees at Parker-Chase Preschool in Roswell, about an hour north of Atlanta, were in the courtroom Monday waiting to voice their opposition to the pretrial diversion deals when Carnesale recused herself instead.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 July 2025
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“Neonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neonate. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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