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as in boys
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 kids
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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Recent Examples of youths
But those licenses allow foster youths to stay up to 10 days — a fraction of the time most youths spend at such sites now.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Like most foster youths, Grace and Destiny grew up with trauma.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Like most foster youths, Grace and Destiny grew up with trauma.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youths
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This doesn’t necessarily mean that girls and boys need vastly different strength training programs.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
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For instance, research shows that during puberty, there are unique differences in how muscle develops in boys versus girls.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
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Research shows that teenagers spend an average of 7 hours and 22 minutes per day in front of screens—equivalent to 43% of their waking hours.Sarah Hernholm, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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By filming teenagers in the wild, Greenfield at least attempts to discover why that is.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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There were no children among the migrants, but one man had a backpack filled with toys, children’s clothes and diapers.Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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That simple step transformed the dental health of Antioch’s children, research found.Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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California parents turned their children in after the Los Angeles Police Department asked for the public’s help finding juveniles who partook in multiple flash mob robberies at 7-Eleven stores and fled on bicycles.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Changes in state law governing juveniles have mattered little to crime victims who draw a straight line between Gascón’s actions and street violence.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Youths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youths. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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