infancy

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Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the force had "no information to suggest that this was a terrorist-related incident," stressing the investigation was still in its infancy.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Quantum machines are in their infancy and while many companies are racing to build a scalable computer, nobody is known to have succeeded yet.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Children who carried epigenetic patterns associated with ASD were less likely to show signs of the condition if they acquired Lachnospira pectinoschiza during infancy.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Five of her 10 children died in infancy, and both her husband and a grown daughter predeceased her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

He married a young woman called Giulia in 1562, and Galileo was the eldest of seven children, three of whom seem to have died in infancy.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin