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
The transition from a human womb to an artificial womb has to be seamless in order to stop the natural process of a fetus turning into a neonate.
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Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
In the summer months, most of their prey is very strong and healthy, so wolves are primarily feeding on neonates—newborn elk and bison calves, and sometimes even pronghorn calves.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 23 Aug. 2023
The brain of a developing fetus or neonate could be especially vulnerable.
—Anthony King, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
In Western countries, neonates born with cataracts typically receive surgery shortly after birth.
—Cordula Hölig, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
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Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
In the summer months, most of their prey is very strong and healthy, so wolves are primarily feeding on neonates—newborn elk and bison calves, and sometimes even pronghorn calves.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 23 Aug. 2023
The brain of a developing fetus or neonate could be especially vulnerable.
—Anthony King, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
In Western countries, neonates born with cataracts typically receive surgery shortly after birth.
—Cordula Hölig, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
See all Example Sentences for neonate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neonate
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There, in 1995, a 26-year-old Gulf War veteran lighted a fuse inside a rental truck packed with 5,000 pounds of explosives and killed 168 people, including 19 children in the second-floor day care.Zach Baylin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Investment in children’s content remains negligible, at A$58M, down from A$81M the year before but up on the 2019/20 figure of A$51M. Meanwhile the Producer Offset contributed A$245M of investment in all drama, with $75M in financing provided for Australian theatrical features.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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The school shares a 28-acre campus with Campus for Kids Learning Center, a program for infants through 4-year-old kindergarten, and the nondenominational City Church.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Each year, just over half of infants and toddlers who qualify for services do not receive them all on time.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Those who would feel the deepest losses are not the Congress members who will retain their pay during the shutdown, but members of the military who would serve without pay, numerous federal workers who would be furloughed, people that rely on WIC benefits to keep their babies fed and so many more.Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Ed, as the film reveals, was miraculously spared from the incinerator; an unknown number of babies born to girls attending the school did not escape that grim fate – discarded with the knowledge or at the direction of Catholic clergy who ran the school.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
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Following the birth of her niece, Jing returns to Singapore for the newborn’s birthday celebration.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
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Sullivan added that the newborns even soothe each other if one of them is fussy.Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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The flip side Many thanks to Publix for repeating their holiday commercial with the toddler in the high chair and the little white dog.Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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At 6 feet 2, Samuel makes the other interns look like toddlers.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Neonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neonate. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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