wean

Example Sentences

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Bertie's parents hope to wean him off his drip and on to solid food within the next year.

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"If females have the opportunity to pick up another cub and care for it and successfully wean it, it's a good thing for bears in Churchill."

From BBC

Sadmir and his board game companions are just some of the 300 patients at the gaming disorder clinic, Australia's only publicly-run institution of its type, helping patients wean themselves off excessive online gaming habits.

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The EU moved to wean itself off Russian oil in 2022 but granted exemptions to the two landlocked countries.

From Barron's

In a report, the coroner raised concerns about paediatric first aid training and staff education over weaning.

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