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diaper

[dahy-per, dahy-uh-per] / ˈdaɪ pər, ˈdaɪ ə pər /
NOUN
underpants for a baby
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It added the impact of the claims have significantly affected its diaper sales and is expected to further impact sales and profit in the near term.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Then, hoping to avoid any urgent diaper events, I ducked into the next room and dialed up the president.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

The state tapped a celebrity-filled Los Angeles nonprofit, Baby2Baby, to run the diaper giveaway.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

"My daughter was wearing a diaper, they took it off," Amal says.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

“Who hasn’t? Did you know that he got a diaper endorsement?”

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

In April, the centers announced they would eliminate providing diapers, formula and meals — but reversed the decision amid objections.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

He sold Quidsi, an e-commerce site for diapers and other household goods, to Amazon in 2011, and later sold Jet.com, another online retailer, to Walmart for $3.3 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The maker of Scott paper towels, Cottonelle toilet paper and Huggies diapers now says it has made a breakthrough.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

At the beginning of this year, we wrapped him in diapers, since he no longer knew how to get outside.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Sammy wore an old bathing suit of James’ over his diapers.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

The diapered babies racing down the baseline to mom or dad?

From Salon Nov. 3, 2025

Even our diapered kids went when it was potty time.

From Slate Jun. 10, 2021

The relationship is both greater and more primal, and it compares with the developmental strides that play out between mother and baby, and that help to turn a diapered mess into a normal, healthy person.

From The Guardian Jan. 10, 2020

Deckard remembers seeing the white bottle of Johnson’s Baby Powder on the changing table where her mother diapered her new sister.

From Reuters Dec. 14, 2018

In die rare times he diapered me or gave me a bath, Milton studiously averted his eyes.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The other was a close friend, Stefanie Robinson, a paraprofessional who worked with students with severe disabilities, including those requiring help with feeding and diapering.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2024

Moreno said the school did not provide diapering assistance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2023

“It’s going to be useful to the diapering world,” says Conz Preti, parenting and health editor at the online news site Insider.

From Seattle Times Nov. 1, 2021

Alice is on the right, middle, diapering Isabetta.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2021

Purse Silk is used sometimes for diapering, and in rare cases in ordinary embroidery, where a raised effect is required.

From Handbook of Embroidery by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford




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