How to Use the youth in a Sentence
the youth
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The three men grabbed the youth.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2026
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But the youth sports boom was not a one-year anomaly.
—Chris Russo, Sportico.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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What might the youth be feeling bitter about?
—Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
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Horner auditioned and earned a spot on the youth group’s fine arts team.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
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At the youth levels, rest your arm for a few months in late fall and winter.
—Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
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To the youth, Brando was the line in the sand, the fork in the road.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
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Cooley notes that the youth were not the only ones who learned while at the camps.
—Essence, 15 Aug. 2025
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As a player, Howe came through the youth ranks at Bournemouth.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
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Plaguing the South Side at the time was drug use among the youth.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
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One is specifically for the youth, and one is youth and adults.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
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His search for the right building for the youth center has gone slowly.
—Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
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Sure, the youth of the cornerback room could emerge as an issue.
—Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
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Ford is the youth football coach of the teen who was shot Sunday night.
—Gino Vicci, CBS News, 18 May 2026
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There's optimism among the youth.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
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Such is the youth phenomenon known by this name.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
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Horner started at the church around junior high and was part of the youth ministry.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
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Circle to your right, behind the youth baseball fields, to get there.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2025
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And if neighbors want flowers planted in their yards or their grass cut, the youth will do that as well.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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It’s often said that the youth are the first to adopt new technology.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
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If not, going the youth route with the 25-year-old Fields should be in the cards.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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The amount this single tweet may have just done for the youth vote is not insignificant.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 22 July 2024
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All of the youth mentees he’s talked to who have come home from fire camp have spoken highly of the program.
—Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
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And there’s something in the youth story that speaks directly to now.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 June 2026
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And a lot has been made about the youth sports system there, that keeping score is not allowed in kids’ games.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
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However, at the youth and high school level, girls may still be at the mercy of state law.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
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Kress is a veteran agent who has spent the last 3 decades working in the youth and young adult space.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2024
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But new research shows that couldn’t be further from the truth—the youth of today just don’t want a desk job.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
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That can be added to the youth on the roster from the 2025 rookie class.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
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Through her work, Washington finds that more than anything, the youth need to be heard.
—Essence, 10 July 2024
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Tackle the youth mental health crisis.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
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