as in babyhood
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Formed in 2007 in upstate New York, Phantogram began building a career at a time when social media was in its infancy, the iPhone was less than a year old and album sales hadn’t yet cratered.
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Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2025
Swift is very much in the infancy of his MMA career having only had four fights to date – with another coming up on March 8.
—Don Riddell, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
After a lousy practice in the infancy of this season, Jalen Carter stepped into a players-only huddle and addressed the entire team for the first time.
—Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
That’s because the science of period tracking for athletic performance is in its infancy, says Dr. Kelly McNulty, sports physiology researcher at Northumbria University and founder of Period of the Period.
—Susan Lacke, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2025
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Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2025
Swift is very much in the infancy of his MMA career having only had four fights to date – with another coming up on March 8.
—Don Riddell, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
After a lousy practice in the infancy of this season, Jalen Carter stepped into a players-only huddle and addressed the entire team for the first time.
—Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
That’s because the science of period tracking for athletic performance is in its infancy, says Dr. Kelly McNulty, sports physiology researcher at Northumbria University and founder of Period of the Period.
—Susan Lacke, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Infancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infancy. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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