1
as in boy
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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2
as in kid
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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as in childhood
the state or time of being a child
told the young people to enjoy their youth while they could
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Recent Examples of youth
The Education Department took aim at nonprofits or government bodies that work with immigrants and transgender youth, releasing plans to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Playing in front of a neutral crowd mostly full of youth baseball players and their families, New York captured its first series win since July 27 in San Francisco.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Since ending up in jail in 2024, Jenkins became a jail pod worker, joined an apprenticeship program and became a youth mentor who speaks directly to at-risk kids.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
The arrest has raised questions about how DJS handles youth crime, especially as the agency, under acting director Betsy Fox Tolentino, implements changes.
—Keith Daniels, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Playing in front of a neutral crowd mostly full of youth baseball players and their families, New York captured its first series win since July 27 in San Francisco.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Since ending up in jail in 2024, Jenkins became a jail pod worker, joined an apprenticeship program and became a youth mentor who speaks directly to at-risk kids.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
The arrest has raised questions about how DJS handles youth crime, especially as the agency, under acting director Betsy Fox Tolentino, implements changes.
—Keith Daniels, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for youth
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And just traveling the world with my kids and my wife, and being able to eat and explore different flavors with them, has turned into this.—
Kenneth J. Williams Jr,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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In it, captivating images showed Black kids in preppy and collegiate wear, lounging on the porches of million-dollar waterfront homes, overlooking Inkwell Beach.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
17 Aug. 2025
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Although Devil Girl from Mars was typical of the silly, schlocky TV fare that Estelle watched on many afternoons during her childhood, this movie was more than entertainment for a bored, lonely girl-child.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
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That story is about Wendy leaving the nursery, letting go of her childhood against her will and finally growing up.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Archie Gray, the teenager who primarily played in defence last season following a summer move from Leeds United due to the club’s injury crisis, looked excellent in midfield in the 1-1 draw with Newcastle United — not to mention in the UEFA Super Cup against Paris Saint-Germain.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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Warning signs of dating violence among teenagers include isolation, excessive messaging and attention, jealousy, name-calling, physical abuse and threats of self-harm or homicide, according to Burch.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
16 Aug. 2025
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As the oldest of three children, Fitzgerald had also just started living on his own in Manhattan, per the obit.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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This includes the purple flowers wrapped in black tissue and ribbon that Sharon Osbourne and their children left at the Black Sabbath bench.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry estimates that about 1 to 3 percent of children and adolescents have OCD, with early-onset cases sometimes appearing before age 5.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Older adults tend to have fewer moles than children, adolescents, and young adults.172 Family history: Moles tend to run in families.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
7 Aug. 2025
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Police did not provide their identities as both suspects are juveniles.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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There have been discussions of curfews for teens, although many of the high-profile crime incidents, including the Downtown fight, did not involve juveniles.—
Cameron Knight,
The Enquirer,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Youth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youth. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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