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diaper

[dahy-per, dahy-uh-per] / ˈdaɪ pər, ˈdaɪ ə pər /
NOUN
underpants for a baby
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"My daughter was wearing a diaper, they took it off," Amal says.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Because babies’ organs and systems are still developing, exposures can also have outsize effects, said Susan Little, the California legislative director for Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit advocacy organization sponsoring the diaper bill.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

It has also achieved the breakthrough of managing to use the pulp, which makes up the bulk of a diaper, to make new ones.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Israel handed over the diaper bag he’d been carrying around and the baby’s bottles.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

One to hold Hector and his diaper bag on the afternoons when my mom works at the Pizza Pit.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden




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