the youth
noun
: the young people
The show sends a strong message to the youth of America.
The city's youth need strong role models.
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With junior golfer participation levels at their highest levels in 20 years, the owner of PGA Tour Superstore – the nation’s largest golf retailer – has deepened his longtime relationship with First Tee by gifting $10 million to the youth development organization.
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Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Left: Contract terminated (January 2022) Came through the youth ranks at Milan and made more than 100 La Liga appearances with Alaves and Almeria.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 20 June 2025
From the beginning, Café Momentum set out to provide more than just job training in a restaurant and a paycheck, but resources, including access to housing and mental healthcare (almost 80 percent of the youth in the program across the country are voluntarily receiving mental health services).
—Staff Author, Southern Living, 17 June 2025
Last year, Fanpage secretly infiltrated the youth wing of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party and filmed some of them making fascist and racist remarks.
—Erika Kinetz, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
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Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Left: Contract terminated (January 2022) Came through the youth ranks at Milan and made more than 100 La Liga appearances with Alaves and Almeria.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 20 June 2025
From the beginning, Café Momentum set out to provide more than just job training in a restaurant and a paycheck, but resources, including access to housing and mental healthcare (almost 80 percent of the youth in the program across the country are voluntarily receiving mental health services).
—Staff Author, Southern Living, 17 June 2025
Last year, Fanpage secretly infiltrated the youth wing of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party and filmed some of them making fascist and racist remarks.
—Erika Kinetz, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for the youth
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“The youth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20youth. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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