infancy
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The FDA approval covers people with Alexander disease across the full age spectrum, from infancy through adulthood.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Symptoms may first emerge during infancy, childhood, or adulthood, and their severity and progression can differ depending on when the condition begins.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Ms. Li’s novel about the vanity of artistic glory charts John’s youth as he is trained from infancy to be “the next Mozart.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Drawing on evidence she stated that the department had begun outsourcing its backlog, but that this was in its infancy.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Johnny knew that it was no good omen that the old woman had no loyalty toward her mistress, whom she had known since her motherless infancy.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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We drank Diet Coke through grad school, made sure it was well-stocked at our wedding, painfully restricted our intake through two pregnancies, and only survived two sleepless infancies by the grace of DC.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2021
With these programs in their infancies, it’s difficult to determine their effectiveness just yet.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2013
Officials in Washington and Boston said that even in their programs’ infancies, they never encountered station failures like New York’s or widespread difficulties with docking.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2013
Pincus also invested in Napster, Facebook, Twitter and Friendster, all of which appeared to be risky in their infancies.
From Reuters ● Dec. 11, 2011
We have here an excellent example of his whimsical blending of truth and invention: brothers and sisters he denies, yet admits one sister, Elizabeth, who died in both their infancies.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb