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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

So researchers are left mainly with observational studies, which examine the babies whose mothers have chosen to breast-feed.

From The New Yorker • May 27, 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

The study’s authors said that the woman was able to exclusively breast-feed the infant for six weeks.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2018

For us, as in America, it’s known to be healthy to breast-feed.

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




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