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
Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2025
But what can’t be turned into banter is the fact that Dyer’s mother was responsible for cooking much of that food—at the very school young Geoff attended before grammar school.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Canada’s young, up-and-coming players also showed their inexperience as Watford winger Nestory Irankunda jumped on a Canadian defensive blunder close to goal in the 71st minute for the lone goal of the match.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The tiny crypt-keeper wasp lays its eggs inside the crypt, and allows its young to grow alongside the gall wasp’s babies.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2025
But what can’t be turned into banter is the fact that Dyer’s mother was responsible for cooking much of that food—at the very school young Geoff attended before grammar school.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Noun
The couple met in 2018 and had two young daughters.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Canada’s young, up-and-coming players also showed their inexperience as Watford winger Nestory Irankunda jumped on a Canadian defensive blunder close to goal in the 71st minute for the lone goal of the match.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for young
Adjective
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His research also found that IR could accelerate the breakdown of collagen and elastin, key proteins necessary for youthful, firm skin.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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About a week later, Lewis denied Ruiz’s application for youthful offender status.—
Amy Yurkanin,
ProPublica,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This can be explained by the need for the parent to survive long enough to support their offspring.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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At least, that's what scientists had generally thought about hybrids, the offspring of these unions.—
Berly McCoy,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Officials believe the animal responsible is a juvenile male bear that may have recently been separated from its mother.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
5 Oct. 2025
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Health inspectors closed the Southeast Asian restaurant after spotting several live adult and juvenile German cockroaches in areas including under sinks.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The wildlife park previously welcomed a brood of six Komodo dragons, McClatchy News reported in 2023.—
Simone Jasper,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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Oldest children are disproportionately represented at Ivy League colleges, with one study showing that 66% of students at those elite schools were the oldest in the brood.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Commenting on Taiwan’s possible nuclear options, Jusen Asuka, a professor at Tohoku University and chair of the session in the conference, cautioned that SMRs remain immature and costly, and investing heavily in them could slow renewable energy development.—
Yu-Tzu Chiu,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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In some cases, these are labelled as muscular injuries but Monasterio warns players at these ages are still skeletally immature in these regions.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The main hatch is already open, a small mercy for my purposes, and my torchlight shines back on a wooden ladder, paint worn in the centre of each rung where the crew’s footsteps buffed it away.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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Some medieval churches in Europe had devices called foundling wheels that would allow people to anonymously leave an infant inside a hatch that would rotate into the building and alert someone waiting on the other side.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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My adolescent cells floated away from poor me and traded places with his.—
Betty Gilpin,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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Social media influencers stood out as a significant source of emotional support for adolescent boys.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Johnny Carson rarely had to deal with such stuff, but his progeny have grappled with it with increasing frequency.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Young.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/young. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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