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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 programs are targeted to youths growing up in poverty or foster care, plus children who lost a parent to COVID-19.
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Moriah Balingit,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
The city’s Office of Youth Opportunity provides career, development and safety support for Charlotte youths.
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Diamy Wang,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
Videos showed youths running through the event and scuffling with police before officers shooed attendees away.
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Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
While advanced games offer realistic simulations at the cost of pricey purchases and steep learning curves, simpler titles have won over players looking to kill a few minutes—or return to their youths.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2026
Signs posted in Arabic around town encourage the Algerian players, who in turn spend their free time kicking balls around with local youths.
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Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Or the priest electing to stay in the city and open his doors to at-risk youths even as most of his flock had fled to the suburbs.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Baltimore County police are investigating how two youths obtained a gun that discharged Thursday and wounded one of them in the lower extremity, police said.
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Meghan Curtis,
Baltimore Sun,
14 June 2026
Moriah Balingit,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
The city’s Office of Youth Opportunity provides career, development and safety support for Charlotte youths.
—
Diamy Wang,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
Videos showed youths running through the event and scuffling with police before officers shooed attendees away.
—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
While advanced games offer realistic simulations at the cost of pricey purchases and steep learning curves, simpler titles have won over players looking to kill a few minutes—or return to their youths.
—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2026
Signs posted in Arabic around town encourage the Algerian players, who in turn spend their free time kicking balls around with local youths.
—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Or the priest electing to stay in the city and open his doors to at-risk youths even as most of his flock had fled to the suburbs.
—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Baltimore County police are investigating how two youths obtained a gun that discharged Thursday and wounded one of them in the lower extremity, police said.
—
Meghan Curtis,
Baltimore Sun,
14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youths
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She’s spent most of her life in King’s Landing; raised young boys in King’s Landing.
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Eight people were injured, including four boys aged six to 14 years old.
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On Sundays, Kenyon opens the gates of his homestead to kids from Cherbourg, and anyone else who wants to ride bulls.
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Both of the soon-to-be newlyweds have talked openly about wanting to have kids.
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Mumbai — Outside the aircraft hangar-sized venue, the crowd of Gen Z office workers and teenagers is thickening.
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Before Estes and the NAR, teenagers were making their own fuel for model rockets and the lack of regulation often led to severe injuries.
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In Lebanon, at least 100,000 children risk missing out on school unless classrooms damaged by Israeli strikes are urgently repaired or rebuilt before September, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has warned.
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His mission to catch adults who prey on children was launched when a friend in cybersecurity told him about the online danger.
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“Youths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youths. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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