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pacifier

[pas-uh-fahy-er] / ˈpæs əˌfaɪ ər /
NOUN
comforter
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NOUN
teething ring
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And it turns out there’s an ingenious, inexpensive little invention that combines the pacifier with the medicine syringe.

From Slate May 17, 2026

“Was just reading today that newborns will suck on a pacifier more vigorously if it triggers playback of a recording of her/his mother’s voice than another woman’s voice,” Tramo wrote to Epstein.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

After clinical assessments, parents were provided the opportunity to introduce the modified pacifier for a 60 second measurement of their infant's intraoral suckling vacuum.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2024

About a third of the kiddos in most classes at the two Seattle area high schools where I teach have just checked out and use them as a pacifier.

From Seattle Times May 12, 2023

He sucked on his nummer, the rubber pacifier his mother had just begun to tell him that he was getting too old for.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Plastic is used in all kinds of things, and it is not controversial at all to say that the amount of mercury in, say, pacifiers for babies should be none.

From Slate Nov. 4, 2024

Essex Police said pacifiers were taken from babies in Harlow on four occasions between 10 February and 7 August.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2023

They held clocks, baby pacifiers, napkins and other cleaning equipment, as well as chains they said symbolized the challenges that domestic servants face in Indonesia.

From Washington Times Aug. 14, 2023

Babies "R" Us was the go-to destination for parents looking for cribs, pacifiers and diaper bags until stores were shut in June 2018.

From Reuters Jan. 10, 2023

They came in useful for holding rattles and pacifiers and, of course, the occasional chocolate treat.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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