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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For fruit crops, Pritts explains that offspring are often lower in quality than either parent.
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After the network successfully pulled together a motley crew of Real Housewives offspring and their Manhattan socialite friends last year, the gang is back for a second season in the city.
Adjective
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In 2023, 18-year-old Bryan Diaz died of a fentanyl overdose at the county’s other main juvenile hall in Sylmar.
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Others questioned how the county is addressing juvenile crime, including carjackings involving young suspects.
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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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Once the eggs hatch into larvae inside the fruit, the rotting process begins.
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Through these trials, the US Army is assessing the effectiveness of closed-hatch operation of a small-caliber weapon system, alongside a potential capability for countering small unmanned aircraft systems.
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Programming includes individual and family mental wellness counseling, lifestyle empowerment consultations, and adolescent nutritional consultations.
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At another section of the hospital, teens in hospital scrubs walked the quiet halls of the adolescent unit with their lunch trays.
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Family was a major theme of the night, with numerous stars spotlighting their talented progeny, as was the importance of soulful artistry.
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That that fondness would define the very identity of her progeny?
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“Young.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/young. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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