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bassinet

[bas-uh-net, bas-uh-net] / ˌbæs əˈnɛt, ˈbæs əˌnɛt /
NOUN
baby bed
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Shen bought a used bassinet — which retails for $300 new — for $30, for example.

From MarketWatch Mar. 14, 2026

These infants were typically found in an adult bed, chair or couch instead of the crib or bassinet recommended by sleep experts.

From Science Daily Mar. 22, 2024

Is the toddler photographed by Peter Magubane with his arms outstretched in a wicker bassinet really preaching, as the title says, to the crowd of babies in a South African orphanage?

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2024

"He was just holding on to the bassinet the whole time, and they went into circles, he said, and then they got thrown," Ms Moore said.

From BBC Dec. 15, 2023

Then she’d reached into the bassinet beside her bed and taken her daughter into her arms.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

These tend to be the people buying $1,700 bassinets that rock their babies to sleep, artisanal food for their dogs, pricey gym memberships, luxury cruises and spots on business-class airplane cabins.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

All of the other rooms contained empty beds and bassinets.

From Seattle Times Sep. 17, 2023

They also should sleep in cribs or bassinets — not on beds with siblings or in parents' arms.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2023

The Baby Industrial Complex will convince you that you need six different kinds of bassinets, co-sleepers, etc.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2023

Etienne imagines shortwave receivers disguised as oatmeal boxes or tucked under floorboards, receivers buried beneath flagstones or concealed inside bassinets.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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