as in youthful
being in the early stage of life, growth, or development
a young cat requires more food than an older one a young tree that will eventually reach 50 feet tall
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Recent Examples of young
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Playing Mary Bennet — Elizabeth’s younger and more timid sister — Bruccoleri set out to portray the coming of age story of a Regency woman.
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Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
25 June 2026
Jayne Yutig,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Dec. 2025
The intelligent critters will rip off roof shingles to enter an attic, crawl through vents, give birth to their young in a chimney or tear up a home’s insulation to make their beds.
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Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
2 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
De Larrea, a 6‑foot‑6, 20‑year‑old Spanish guard, is regarded as one of Europe's most polished young playmakers.
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Doug Myers,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Playing Mary Bennet — Elizabeth’s younger and more timid sister — Bruccoleri set out to portray the coming of age story of a Regency woman.
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Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
25 June 2026
Noun
The aquatic scene depicts a 32-foot-tall seahorse teaching skills to his young.
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Jayne Yutig,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Dec. 2025
The intelligent critters will rip off roof shingles to enter an attic, crawl through vents, give birth to their young in a chimney or tear up a home’s insulation to make their beds.
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Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for young
Adjective
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Muscle mass is beneficial, too, for lifelong metabolic health, and resistance exercise probably improves brain health by releasing substances into the bloodstream that travel to the brain and jump-start processes there that help keep it youthful.
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Stocked with a pair of first-round selections in what’s been deemed as a deep talent pool, the Hornets are on track to add to their youthful core of Knueppel, LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller.
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Poison dart frogs go the extra (quarter) mile Male poison dart frogs, like many other frogs, are known for transporting their offspring from land to water by carrying the tadpoles on their backs.
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Domestic animals become feral by surviving on their own in the wild and raising their offspring without help from humans.
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The Union County Prosecutors Office announced that 18-year-old Vincent Battiloro of Garwood has been waived up to adult court and will be tried as an adult in connection with the murder of the two juvenile females.
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Councilman Jeremy Rivas, D-2nd, asked about the main cause of juvenile detention in Porter County and JDAI Coordinator Chante Harden said drug possession and battery stemming from family conflicts were the main causes.
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Just ask my brood, who aren’t allowed to be on the platform!
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Although there’s not much publicly known about his children, the tech exec and his partners have provided some information about the Bezos brood over the years.
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His position is assumed, in turn, by the largest of the immature fish, who, thanks to the tragedy, finally gets to grow up.
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Even Stevens was never afraid to go all out for its constant string of gags and jokes, led by Shia LaBeouf as the immature prankster Louis Stevens.
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The eggs hatch into larvae that burrow into the wound and feed on living tissue; then, after about seven days of feeding, the larvae drop to the ground, burrow into the soil and pupate.
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Viewership has exceeded expectations, with 62,000 tuning in to watch the eggs hatch in April, officials said.
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The researchers looked at the adolescent’s subjective perception that a device was interfering with the relationship.
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But as our adolescent hero discovers, with great imagination comes great responsibility.
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That that fondness would define the very identity of her progeny?
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Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.
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“Young.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/young. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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