as in to breast-feed
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Recent Examples of bottle-feed
Plan to nurse or bottle-feed during take-off and landing to ease ear pain from the change in cabin pressure, and, if accessible, book the bassinet in advance.
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Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025
The humane society raised money, bottle-fed the puppies and got them proper veterinary care.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The result of both inadequate support for new mothers and poor medical advice was that more and more mothers bottle-fed their babies cow’s milk.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Asked to comment on the X post, Colossal replied with a quote attributed to chief animal officer James, who bottle-fed the dire wolves as babies.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
The pups fed from the surrogate for just a few days, after which the Colossal team removed them and bottle-fed them because the surrogate was actually becoming too attentive—disrupting the pups’ regular sleeping and feeding schedules.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Parents that bottle-feed will want to select bottles, formula, heating and cleaning equipment.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Helen Woodward Animal Center's foster department quickly jumped into action, organizing bottle-feeding foster homes and setting up medical appointments to ensure the puppies received the best possible care.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Parents that bottle-feed will want to select bottles, formula, heating and cleaning equipment.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025
The humane society raised money, bottle-fed the puppies and got them proper veterinary care.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The result of both inadequate support for new mothers and poor medical advice was that more and more mothers bottle-fed their babies cow’s milk.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Asked to comment on the X post, Colossal replied with a quote attributed to chief animal officer James, who bottle-fed the dire wolves as babies.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
The pups fed from the surrogate for just a few days, after which the Colossal team removed them and bottle-fed them because the surrogate was actually becoming too attentive—disrupting the pups’ regular sleeping and feeding schedules.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Parents that bottle-feed will want to select bottles, formula, heating and cleaning equipment.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Helen Woodward Animal Center's foster department quickly jumped into action, organizing bottle-feeding foster homes and setting up medical appointments to ensure the puppies received the best possible care.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Parents that bottle-feed will want to select bottles, formula, heating and cleaning equipment.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottle-feed
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The class covers what to expect when initiating breastfeeding, skin-to-skin holding, positioning, deep latch techniques, pumps and pumping, and basic troubleshooting. — A Ready for Baby newborn care class takes place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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The path to achieving this goal was already a digressive one, weaving together singing competitions, cloned dogs and a bald-capped Fielder breastfeeding from a giant puppet.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 May 2025
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The other two are named Romulus and Remus, after the mythical founders of Rome said to have been suckled by a she-wolf as infants.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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What are the neurons that make muscles ache and fatigue, or trigger migraines, or cause milk to flow in a mother’s breast when her baby suckles?—
Ariel Bleicher,
Quanta Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Bottle-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottle-feed. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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