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breast-feed

[brest-feed] / ˈbrɛstˌfid /


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She plans to breast-feed as long as she can, aiming for a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The picture has improved a bit since then—babies now breast-feed a little longer—but the over-all pattern holds.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019

Pumping is a short-term concern for those who choose to breast-feed, but child care is an ongoing need for all parents on film and TV sets.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2019

He expressed outrage over the arrest and particularly the seizure of formula, which had been destined for distribution to mothers, who, because they have HIV or for other reasons, are unable to breast-feed their infants.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2019

Another problem was that I refused to breast-feed.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola