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diaper

[dahy-per, dahy-uh-per] / ˈdaɪ pər, ˈdaɪ ə pər /
NOUN
underpants for a baby
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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

But Tereza is upset that the law has finally come for her, insisting that she put on a diaper.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It has also achieved the breakthrough of managing to use the pulp, which makes up the bulk of a diaper, to make new ones.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Like all the other nursing ladies in Cold Sassy, Aunt Loma would turn sideways to her audience or else cover herself with the baby, and also drape a clean diaper over herself.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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