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diaper

[dahy-per, dahy-uh-per] / ˈdaɪ pər, ˈdaɪ ə pər /
NOUN
underpants for a baby
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The loop of nursing and diaper changes and sleeping and bolting awake to do it all again.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

Then, hoping to avoid any urgent diaper events, I ducked into the next room and dialed up the president.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

All three of her kids wear the same size diaper, regardless of age—a system she devised to avoid tracking multiple sizes.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

The National Diaper Bank Network, a national nonprofit that tracks diaper insecurity, found about 60% of low-income families nationwide struggle with the cost of diapers and rely on less-frequent changes to get by.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

I clean the kitchen counters and empty the trash and the diaper pails even when they aren’t full.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

They managed to find diapers, bottles of water, toilet paper and some food.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

A bottle of shampoo, cold medicine, a bouquet, a midnight snack, or even diapers can now arrive at an apartment door in roughly the time it takes to watch a sitcom.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

BENGALURU, India—Neha Sharma, an accountant, was on a work call when she realized she was out of diapers for her 2-year-old daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

“Real men are secure enough in their masculinity that they can, in fact, change diapers and stay home with their children and be active parents.”

From Salon May 15, 2026

I feel more like a baby in wet diapers.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

The diapered babies racing down the baseline to mom or dad?

From Salon Nov. 3, 2025

Even our diapered kids went when it was potty time.

From Slate Jun. 10, 2021

The relationship is both greater and more primal, and it compares with the developmental strides that play out between mother and baby, and that help to turn a diapered mess into a normal, healthy person.

From The Guardian Jan. 10, 2020

Deckard remembers seeing the white bottle of Johnson’s Baby Powder on the changing table where her mother diapered her new sister.

From Reuters Dec. 14, 2018

In die rare times he diapered me or gave me a bath, Milton studiously averted his eyes.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The other was a close friend, Stefanie Robinson, a paraprofessional who worked with students with severe disabilities, including those requiring help with feeding and diapering.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2024

Moreno said the school did not provide diapering assistance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2023

“It’s going to be useful to the diapering world,” says Conz Preti, parenting and health editor at the online news site Insider.

From Seattle Times Nov. 1, 2021

The FDA’s June 1985 risk assessment relied upon a decade-old letter from the company for the agency’s estimate of the amount of dust babies were exposed to during diapering.

From Reuters Dec. 3, 2019

The filling in of the leafage, the diapering within the leaf shapes, and the smaller and more elaborate details generally were done in long-and-short-stitch, or whatever came handiest.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary




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