infancy
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Drawing on evidence she stated that the department had begun outsourcing its backlog, but that this was in its infancy.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Raker’s sister Hattie was buried next to her the following year, the child died in infancy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
But this summer I took a trip back to my old hometown for their Pride festival, a tradition still in its infancy.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Efforts to reduce screen viewing may therefore be most useful when they begin during infancy and are reinforced as children approach school entry age.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Their progress was followed by the blank, incurious eyes of second infancy.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
We drank Diet Coke through grad school, made sure it was well-stocked at our wedding, painfully restricted our intake through two pregnancies, and only survived two sleepless infancies by the grace of DC.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2021
With these programs in their infancies, it’s difficult to determine their effectiveness just yet.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2013
Officials in Washington and Boston said that even in their programs’ infancies, they never encountered station failures like New York’s or widespread difficulties with docking.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2013
Pincus also invested in Napster, Facebook, Twitter and Friendster, all of which appeared to be risky in their infancies.
From Reuters ● Dec. 11, 2011
Some, smitten hearts with the long secrecies, On velvet moss, deep in their bowers' ease, Prattling the love of timid infancies, Are tearing the green bark from the young trees.
From Silverpoints by John Gray
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