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infancy

[in-fuhn-see] / ˈɪn fən si /


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His linguistic gifts and poetic sensibility for the English language, then in its infancy, gave his translation a vibrancy, immediacy, charm and clarity that have never been matched.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Good Friday Agreement had been signed just five years earlier and the Northern Ireland peace process was in relative infancy.

From BBC

Some scientists said shaping microbiomes during infancy could potentially prevent disease and improve health later on.

From The Wall Street Journal

The immune system and metabolism develop in infancy, and the microbiome plays a critical role.

From The Wall Street Journal

Researchers analyzed scans from more than 4,200 people from infancy to 90 years old and found several key periods of development including one from age nine to 32, which they coined the “adolescent” period.

From Science Daily