wean

Example Sentences

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In two-week-old mice, before weaning, dendritic spines were spread relatively evenly across the neuron.

From Science Daily

They are also concerned about disruptions to their ambitious economic and social development plan, called Vision 2030, which aims to boost tourism and wean the kingdom off its reliance on petrodollars.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bertie's parents hope to wean him off his drip and on to solid food within the next year.

From BBC

"If females have the opportunity to pick up another cub and care for it and successfully wean it, it's a good thing for bears in Churchill."

From BBC

Sadmir and his board game companions are just some of the 300 patients at the gaming disorder clinic, Australia's only publicly-run institution of its type, helping patients wean themselves off excessive online gaming habits.

From BBC