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as in young
being in the early stage of life, growth, or development
an adolescent sheepdog, who hasn't quite gotten the hang of keeping the sheep huddled together
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as in childish
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
would hope that the college students had outgrown such adolescent behavior
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as in immature
lacking in adult experience or maturity
took a group of adolescent recruits and turned them into professional warriors
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as in juvenile
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Recent Examples of adolescent
Pien Huang, NPR, 6 Feb. 2025
Dawn Bounds, PhD, an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, specializes in social media and adolescent mental health.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Feb. 2025
Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Research shows that the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy is extremely rare among U.S. adolescents who identify as transgender or gender diverse.
—Daphne Lee, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The move swept up many resources on the CDC website, ranging from data on adolescent health and infectious disease to clinical guidelines on reproductive care and HIV.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 6 Feb. 2025
Dawn Bounds, PhD, an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, specializes in social media and adolescent mental health.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
The Pitts brood, including adolescents and youngest daughter Onjel, then 2, the same age as Dolen son Sean, moved into Chris and John Dolen’s three bedroom home for about six weeks, Pitts’ wife Marilyn recalls.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Research shows that the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy is extremely rare among U.S. adolescents who identify as transgender or gender diverse.
—Daphne Lee, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adolescent
Adjective
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Geller said sharing her home with a younger generation has brought life to her house.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Here, a look at photos of a young Laura Dern doing just that.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
22 Feb. 2025
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The pair settle right away into the half-affectionate, half-annoyed, goofy childish dynamic recognizable to adult siblings everywhere — to the amusement and occasional irritation of Frank, a locally beloved good old boy who’s only the teeny-tiniest bit prone to vanity and corruption.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.—
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These clowns dressed as presidents appear immature and narcissistic.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2025
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A lot of us automatically use certain emotionally immature phrases without even thinking about it.—
Kathy and Ross Petras, Contributors,
CNBC,
1 Feb. 2025
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The second juvenile, Spencer said, was in custody in Harris County on Wednesday.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The eldest of the juveniles admitted to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery at a hearing in April 2023.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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If this is correct, is there a connection between song and the most basic infantile communication?—
Aaron Shattuck,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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The infantile abomination that is The Boss Baby is the most unhinged example of the studio’s manic folly.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Yet the character genuinely loves his family, including younger siblings Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook), a college student, and teenager Lochlan (Sam Nivola).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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The teenager, who is heading to play golf competitively at the University of Miami, wore the company’s Luxe Lounge mid-weight quarter-zip pull over.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Scammers — with access to kids’ names and school information — are tricking parents into paying for bogus SAT and ACT prep materials.—
Jan Diaz,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Vaccinating infants and young children is widely recommended as a way to prevent kids from being exposed to life-threatening diseases like measles and to protect other children in school.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Bentaleb, a native of Lille who spent time at the club’s academy as a youngster before joining them permanently in 2023, has also played for German club Schalke and has 52 caps for Algeria, playing in the 2014 World Cup.—
Sam Joseph,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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At some point, the ideologies must combine — youngsters with little to no pro experience need more first-team minutes.—
Braidon Nourse,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Adolescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adolescent. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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