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infancy

[in-fuhn-see] / ˈɪn fən si /


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As a child at his church's daycare center, James Talarico would intervene to break up fights, according to the pastor who has known him since infancy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Symptoms may first emerge during infancy, childhood, or adulthood, and their severity and progression can differ depending on when the condition begins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

He also recommends white cotton for clothing worn directly against the skin, but cautions that research into cotton dyes is in its infancy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Enzo Maresca seemingly took on an impossible job in the summer when replacing the legendary Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, but is making it look an easy task in the infancy of his tenure.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Their progress was followed by the blank, incurious eyes of second infancy.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

We drank Diet Coke through grad school, made sure it was well-stocked at our wedding, painfully restricted our intake through two pregnancies, and only survived two sleepless infancies by the grace of DC.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2021

With these programs in their infancies, it’s difficult to determine their effectiveness just yet.

From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2013

Officials in Washington and Boston said that even in their programs’ infancies, they never encountered station failures like New York’s or widespread difficulties with docking.

From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2013

Pincus also invested in Napster, Facebook, Twitter and Friendster, all of which appeared to be risky in their infancies.

From Reuters ● Dec. 11, 2011

Some, smitten hearts with the long secrecies, On velvet moss, deep in their bowers' ease, Prattling the love of timid infancies, Are tearing the green bark from the young trees.

From Silverpoints by John Gray


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