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bassinet

[bas-uh-net, bas-uh-net] / ˌbæs əˈnɛt, ˈbæs əˌnɛt /
NOUN
baby bed
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Shen bought a used bassinet — which retails for $300 new — for $30, for example.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 14, 2026

A young couple strolled with their baby in a bassinet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2024

These infants were typically found in an adult bed, chair or couch instead of the crib or bassinet recommended by sleep experts.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024

“I was already buying their stuff, like the automatic rocker and the bassinet so the fact that they reached out was pretty cool,” she said in a telephone interview before heading to a studio session.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

I looked over at Raymond, fast asleep in his bassinet, and I said, “I think I might have done us some good today.”

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

They also should sleep in cribs or bassinets — not on beds with siblings or in parents' arms.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023

The Baby Industrial Complex will convince you that you need six different kinds of bassinets, co-sleepers, etc.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2023

“We had bassinets in the back of the tour bus,” James said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023

It requires any product designed for sleeping babies to meet within one year the mandatory federal standards already in place for cribs, bassinets, bedside sleepers and play yards.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2021

Aaron and Evan slept in their little bassinets.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake




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