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wean

[ween] / win /
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detach
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Appeared in the May 5, 2026, print edition as 'RFK Jr. Seeks to Wean Some People Off Antidepressants'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Q. Re: She Doesn’t Need to Night Wean: I completely disagree with your assertion that a 14-month-old should be sleeping through the night.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2015

As midnight wears on to 3 a.m. and then 6 a.m., the hum of conversation dies and Wean Hall becomes very quiet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither are the bone-weary hackers who trudge out of Wean Hall at dawn's first light.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suffer not your Whelps to Suck above two Months, and then Wean them.

From The School of Recreation (1696 edition) Or a Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Riding, Racing, Fireworks, Military Discipline, The Science of Defence by Howlett, Robert




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