foundlings

Definition of foundlingsnext
plural of foundling
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Noun
  • The virus primarily affects infants and young children, but there have also been outbreaks in elderly populations, such as nursing homes.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • According to the report, rent, daycare for infants, and transportation are among the highest costs.
    JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For studies measuring neonates’ looking time at faces, this included 667 infants, half of them boys and half of them girls.
    Lise Eliot, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.
    Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Regeneron also gained Food and Drug Administration approval on April 23 for its gene therapy, Otarmeni, which will be prescribed to treat a rare type of hearing loss that afflicts about 50 newborns in the United States each year.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The team at Kittens In The Mitten immediately began working to stabilize the fragile newborn.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The introduction of new younger characters, presumably designed to help guide children through Stoller’s already simplified narrative, signals a desire for intergenerational accessibility.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
  • From 1929 until 2006, Pluto lived in the imagination of children and adults alike as the ninth and outermost planet in our solar system.
    Big Think, Big Think, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • New York parents are asking for ChatGPT limits in schools, while Utah last month passed a law to let parents monitor their kids’ screen time on school devices.
    Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Coming from the theater, Frank had an old-school approach to performance and atmosphere, while Eleanor, trained in social work and psychology, had an acute understanding of extreme human behavior in kids and adults.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Foundlings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foundlings. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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