nurslings

Definition of nurslingsnext
plural of nursling
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Noun
  • Most people recover from treatment, but older adults, infants and people with weakened immune systems are more likely to develop severe illnesses from salmonellosis.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 May 2026
  • The campaign focuses on supporting NICU infants with products designed alongside nurses and doctors to meet their specific needs.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Each newborn weighed between 2 and 3 lbs.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Then the mama cat gets up and steps away from her newborns for a moment.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • An Urban Pathways spokeswoman expressed condolences to the victims and their families in a statement.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
  • The move follows mounting pressure from state leaders and victims’ families to keep the camp closed as multiple criminal and civil investigations remain underway.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The hospital shuttered its emergency department on Wednesday, and then worked to transfer its inpatients to other hospitals by the end of the day Friday.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In that time, the number of people admitted to hospitals in the state as inpatients due to heat increased 60%, from 990 to 1,578.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But those efforts might be better spent on easing caregivers’ administrative burdens than replacing their face time with patients.
    Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
  • However, that bill did not address situations in which patients are already in immigration custody.
    Claudia Boyd Barrett, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Even toddlers can get in on the action, and this is one project where getting dirty is part of the fun.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But at Disneyland on Friday, vacationers in matching T-shirts, toddlers in princess dresses and mouse-eared parents pushing strollers made their way through security checkpoints giving little attention to signs posted nearby notifying guests of the theme park’s new facial recognition policy.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 28 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
  • 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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“Nurslings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurslings. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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