How to Use neonate in a Sentence

neonate

noun
  • Males guard the eggs and newborn frogs, called neonates.
    — Ana V. Longo, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • Whale shark neonates, like other shark species, do not receive any parental care after birth.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Dines determined that the whale was a female, was a full-term neonate and likely was a week old.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2017
  • All eight neonates are healthy, have shed their skin once and started dining on pinky-sized hairless baby mice.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2019
  • This means there is a two-month window after birth where neonates are at their most vulnerable.
    — Paul Sisson, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
  • One drug has been approved for human use, but only in neonates, so researchers would still need to determine dosages for grown adults.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Existing studies show that loud noise can cause a stress response in neonates, but lullabies and breath sounds can help calm babies.
    — Dr. Abimbola Okulaja, ABC News, 27 June 2024
  • The likelihood that any fetus will survive outside the uterus as a neonate is an estimate based on many factors.
    — Cara C. Heuser, Scientific American, 4 May 2022
  • For studies measuring neonates’ looking time at faces, this included 667 infants, half of them boys and half of them girls.
    — Lise Eliot, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Now other zoos are excitedly lining up to get one of the Milwaukee zoo's rhino viper babies, which are called neonates.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2019
  • In Western countries, neonates born with cataracts typically receive surgery shortly after birth.
    — Cordula Hölig, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
  • Despite the underlying cause, the management of a sick neonate follows a consistent approach.
    — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • There have been publications about nicotine transmission and neonates after blood transfusion.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026
  • The transition from a human womb to an artificial womb has to be seamless in order to stop the natural process of a fetus turning into a neonate.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Another rhino viper pair gave birth to one living neonate in August, though unfortunately that mother died a short time later.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The brain of a developing fetus or neonate could be especially vulnerable.
    — Anthony King, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
  • Yet none of the vast diversity of anesthetic agents work in a consistent manner across all patients, who range from neonates to birthing mothers, the very elderly or the very sick.
    — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The committee cited a potential risk of transferring pathogenic organisms from the woman to the neonate.
    — Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.
    — Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Most sightings of whale shark neonates come from accidental encounters — fisheries bycatch, strandings, or occasional lucky observations by divers or fishers.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The harmful effects of probiotics can also emerge due to people suffering from chronic illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, liver cirrhosis, high blood pressure, neonates, asthmatic patients, stomach ulcers.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The availability of such services in the home can help promote adequate nutrition and more close monitoring of the neonate’s hemodynamic stability, including temperature and blood glucose monitoring.
    — Julia Hinkle, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
  • In some cases, the kittens are neonates in need of 24/7 care and special equipment, like incubators, formula, syringes, bottles, medications and a dedicated volunteer who will feed them every two hours, including during the night.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024

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