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