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diaper

[dahy-per, dahy-uh-per] / ˈdaɪ pər, ˈdaɪ ə pər /
NOUN
underpants for a baby
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Then, hoping to avoid any urgent diaper events, I ducked into the next room and dialed up the president.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

In the evenings he shoots hoops and kicks soccer balls with them in the backyard, and splits the unfun stuff—cleaning, laundry, diaper duties—with his wife, Kirstin, 36, a stay-at-home mom.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

She would need to cut the umbilical cord herself and return to the hospital for care in a diaper, her fetus wrapped in towels and the cord hanging between her legs.

From Salon May 27, 2026

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

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

She carefully untied and spread the embroidered wrapping, then took out his diaper moss and brushed him off like a root pulled from the ground.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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

From all over the world, the diaspora has worked to send medicine, diapers and infant formula to Venezuela, while posting rescue pleas on social media.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 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

“My husband was out getting diapers and he was just taken because of a language barrier,” Soto told listeners.

From Salon May 30, 2026

Natalie’s heart caught in her throat as the young mother went and got a package of diapers and handed it to Patience.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

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

Younger children require more support in diapering and self-help skills such as self-regulation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2024

“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

J&J also launched research to find out how much powder a baby was exposed to during a diapering and how much asbestos could be in that powder and remain within OSHA’s new workplace exposure limits.

From Reuters Dec. 14, 2018

It made diapering much easier and saved a lot of laundering.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar




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