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diaper

[dahy-per, dahy-uh-per] / ˈdaɪ pər, ˈdaɪ ə pər /
NOUN
underpants for a baby
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The loop of nursing and diaper changes and sleeping and bolting awake to do it all again.

From Salon Jun. 27, 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

All three of her kids wear the same size diaper, regardless of age—a system she devised to avoid tracking multiple sizes.

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

“Wait, did you start wearing a diaper without telling me?”

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

They managed to find diapers, bottles of water, toilet paper and some food.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Concern has grown over disposable children’s diapers, many of which contain chemicals, plastics and other ingredients linked to health and environmental risks.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Minutes later, thanks to a carefully choreographed stocking and delivery process on the back end, the diapers were at her doorstep, to the New Delhi mom’s relief.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

A bottle of shampoo, cold medicine, a bouquet, a midnight snack, or even diapers can now arrive at an apartment door in roughly the time it takes to watch a sitcom.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

"So I haven't had time to conduct an exhaustive study. But in all honesty, Anastasia, I have to tell you that I think he will probably wet his diapers a whole lot."

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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

From Salon Nov. 3, 2025

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

When traveling with a diapered child, it is necessary to have plastic bags to tightly seal the dirty diaper when disposing of it in a public place.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2015

There was Lancelot, no longer in armour but dressed in a magnificent velvet robe, scalloped and diapered.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

The patterns used for background diapering need not, as a rule, be intrinsically so interesting as those which diaper the design itself, nor are they usually so full.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary




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