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infancy

 noun
     
in‧fan‧cy [uncountable]
1 the period of a child's life before they can walk or talk
in infancy
In the past, many children died in infancy.
2 the time when something is just starting to be developed:
the infancy of radio broadcasting
Genetic engineering is still in its infancy.
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