as in youth
the transitional period between childhood and adulthood
adolescence can be a turbulent time for teenagers and parents alike
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Recent Examples of adolescence
If you were born in the '90s, then Oprah has pretty much been the same size for most of your adolescence and adulthood.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
It is thought to affect around 1 to 3 million Americans, and is more prevalent among women, most likely to develop during adolescence, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
With stories of our living ape relatives using medicine and information about the evolution of adolescence and emergence of genetic and neurological diversity, 2024 research delved into the human condition from a holistic perspective.
—Ryan McRae, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Delaying first-time substance use until after adolescence could decrease addiction, researchers said.
—April Rubin, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
It is thought to affect around 1 to 3 million Americans, and is more prevalent among women, most likely to develop during adolescence, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
With stories of our living ape relatives using medicine and information about the evolution of adolescence and emergence of genetic and neurological diversity, 2024 research delved into the human condition from a holistic perspective.
—Ryan McRae, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Delaying first-time substance use until after adolescence could decrease addiction, researchers said.
—April Rubin, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adolescence
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These three youths share goofy, creepy smiles among themselves, made meaningful when the directors cross-cut flash-forwards of domestic life, game life, gang life, and lonely life.—
Armond White,
National Review,
15 Jan. 2025
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The teenager was born in Gambia but has spent his youth career in the U.S. at Minnesota United and Philadelphia Union, before moving to LAFC in 2023.—
Colin Millar,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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Tauber then became Anonymous Content’s president and chief operating officer in the company’s infancy before moving to 20th Century Fox as worldwide executive vice president of acquisitions and co-productions and later ending up at SKE.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Tinder was still in its infancy, a paltry 11 percent of Americans had tried online dating, and the idea of falling for an artificial intelligence companion would have been seen as weird, sad or some combination of the two.—
Gina Cherelus,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Three workshops have already been completed on the topics of digital marketing in Spanish, minority certification training and financial training in Spanish.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
18 Jan. 2025
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McDaniel said that a few years ago the Minority Coaches Advancement Association counted the number of minority head coaches by hand at the more than 500 programs at every level of the sport.—
David Ubben,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Adolescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adolescence. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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