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as in boy
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood
a big, strapping youth who, even at his relatively young age, knew the meaning of hard work
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as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
rounded up the neighborhood youths and organized them into a softball team
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as in childhood
the state or time of being a child
told the young people to enjoy their youth while they could
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Recent Examples of youth
The report further finds that 60% of transgender and non-binary youth reported engaging in self-harm in the past year.
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Amy-Lynn Fischer, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
There were also many jokes about Chalamet’s youth and yellow suit.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2025
Some of the participating vendors include Bittersweet Ranch of Litchfield; Mayapple Hill Farm; youth entrepreneur Nicky Zooks; The Health Rescue; Murphy’s Mushrooms; and Litchfield Distillery.
—Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
Even with all their youth, the objective has not changed for the Nuggets.
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Amy-Lynn Fischer, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
There were also many jokes about Chalamet’s youth and yellow suit.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2025
Some of the participating vendors include Bittersweet Ranch of Litchfield; Mayapple Hill Farm; youth entrepreneur Nicky Zooks; The Health Rescue; Murphy’s Mushrooms; and Litchfield Distillery.
—Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
Even with all their youth, the objective has not changed for the Nuggets.
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for youth
Noun
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Rocky Gap participates in the Maryland Park Service's Scales & Tales education program for kids.—
Trudy Haywood Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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Julie Andrews as Maria Andrews starred as Maria, the precocious and inspirational governess who helps the von Trapp kids learn to embrace music and family — and later becomes their stepmother.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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This new study follows previous research which shows a jump in the rates of myopia, a condition that usually starts in childhood.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
4 Mar. 2025
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Ben Shelton didn’t grow up with childhood dreams of being the next Roger Federer, or the next Rafael Nadal.—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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Authorities are investigating after a teenager was shot and killed around midnight Friday in the unincorporated Los Angeles County community of Willowbrook.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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The Vatican considers the Italian teenager, who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, as an inspiring role model for today's young Catholics.—
NICOLE WINFIELD AND SILVIA STELLACCI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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As a first-generation college graduate with an MBA, Mata was able to make a middle-class life for her child.—
Daisy Verduzco Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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She was obliged, as an enslaved woman in the antebellum South, to labor in his household for him, his wife and his children.—
Sara Georgini,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Mar. 2025
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Effectiveness was 32% for children and adolescents, from the CDC's U.S. Flu VE network of health care systems.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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In the 2010s, the developmental scientist Ron Dahl and Jennifer Silk, a University of Pittsburgh psychology professor, started wondering what went on inside adolescents’ brains when their parents nagged them.—
Jenny Anderson,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Two of the victims were juveniles, and the third victim was an elderly woman, later identified as Desir.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Following the incident, Cambridge Police were able to identify multiple juveniles suspected to be involved in the incident.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Youth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youth. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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