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
Antonio Ferme, Variety, 11 June 2026
Some were as young as eighteen, some were sufficiently ancient to have made it to fifty-five.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
According to the zoo, orangutans have the longest interbirth interval — or period of time between babies — of all non-human primates, as mothers care for their young for seven to eight years before giving birth to another baby.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
One hip-hop artist operating a DJ stand inside the perimeter said young fans were looking to be part of something bigger.
—Antonio Ferme, Variety, 11 June 2026
Some were as young as eighteen, some were sufficiently ancient to have made it to fifty-five.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Noun
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.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
According to the zoo, orangutans have the longest interbirth interval — or period of time between babies — of all non-human primates, as mothers care for their young for seven to eight years before giving birth to another baby.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for young
Adjective
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The series chronicles the joining of two very different families after a youthful romance between two grandparents — Alan Buttershaw (Derek Jacobi) and Celia Dawson (Anne Reid) — is rekindled.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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That principle has crumbled so far in the face of Wembanyama’s combination of incomprehensible on-court abilities, youthful enthusiasm and cosmopolitan-unto-eccentric savoir faire.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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Sonya Clark’s The Descendants of Monticello filled the windows of Declaration House with close-up video portraits of offspring of the more than 400 people Jefferson enslaved at Monticello—including those related to Jefferson himself.—
Greg Allen,
ARTnews.com,
7 June 2026
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Earl’s a rare but naturally occurring cross-breed, the offspring of a loggerhead father and a Kemp’s ridley mom.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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His new path takes him to grad school at Columbia University, with hopes to one day start his own nonprofit, Camp Reese, a bootcamp-style alternative to juvenile incarceration.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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Plans are in motion, however, to reuse the Lincoln Developmental Center, a compound for developmentally disabled adults that was closed years ago, as a juvenile justice facility.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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The lower two boxes serve as brood chambers, where the queen lays her eggs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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The Jon and Kate Plus 8 star opened up about raising two puppies, comparing it to her brood of eight kids that made her family famous in the aughts.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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On a blind date, his descriptions of magical griffins and burning deserts sound humiliatingly immature.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Beckham is charismatic and generally more thoughtful than the perception created by the impulsive or immature decisions that create headlines.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Noun
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On paper, the specs make the sleek coupe—technically a three-door hatch—seem underwhelming.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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While docked, the crew will open the hatch into the lander and test its systems including life support.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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This ideal of masculinity is not a patriarch but a perpetual adolescent, endlessly irresponsible and endlessly indulged.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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The diary became a map of adolescent rivalry.—
Kate Casey,
Vanity Fair,
2 June 2026
Noun
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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.—
Nick Newman,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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Auerbach recently heard George Thorogood’s debut with the Destroyers for the first time, an ironic biographical note, as his own band is Thorogood’s spiritual and stylistic progeny.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
7 May 2026
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