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Recent Examples of infancy
While still in its infancy, quantum technology harnesses subatomic particles to make potentially enormous advances in a wide range of computing applications.
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Since her salary was paid by the neurology department, Elizabeth needed to learn everything there was to know about neurochemistry, which was in its infancy.
—Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
When Nike was in its infancy, the United States was engaged in the space race and landed on the moon, Goss said.
—Hannarose McGuinness, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The company was in its infancy, without any track record or online footprint.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Since her salary was paid by the neurology department, Elizabeth needed to learn everything there was to know about neurochemistry, which was in its infancy.
—Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
When Nike was in its infancy, the United States was engaged in the space race and landed on the moon, Goss said.
—Hannarose McGuinness, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The company was in its infancy, without any track record or online footprint.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infancy
Noun
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His arms, still rounded with the softness of babyhood, were raised; his hands behind his head.—
Sahana Jayaraman,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Across six episodes that follow the pair from adolescence through Niall’s college years to adulthood, the duo boomerang in and out of each other’s lives, making decisions that irrevocably alter their paths and their perceptions of one another.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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So self-consciousness of adolescence made life on the set excruciating for me.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This action demonstrates the president’s monumental cruelty, total lack of empathy and compassion, pathological narcissism, boundless vengefulness, abysmal ignorance and glaring immaturity.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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That is to be expected considering the streamer’s relative newness to the space, but such immaturity can jump off the screen.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Infancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infancy. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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