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as in young
being in the early stage of life, growth, or development
an adolescent sheepdog, who hasn't quite gotten the hang of keeping the sheep huddled together
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as in childish
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
would hope that the college students had outgrown such adolescent behavior
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as in immature
lacking in adult experience or maturity
took a group of adolescent recruits and turned them into professional warriors
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as in juvenile
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Recent Examples of adolescent
Jocelyn Noveck, Twin Cities, 7 May 2025
The new study’s data shows that the stage of diagnosis is getting lower within adolescent and young adult groups.
—Linda Carroll, NBC news, 3 May 2025
Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
The data also showed that the rate of psilocybin exposures reported to U.S. poison centers had increased, by 201 percent in adults, 317 percent in adolescents and 723 percent in children, indicating a growing pull towards the substance across the board.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The other is a livery coat of tan broadcloth, likely manufactured by Brooks Brothers and worn by an enslaved child or adolescent boy in Louisiana just before the Civil War.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Twin Cities, 7 May 2025
The new study’s data shows that the stage of diagnosis is getting lower within adolescent and young adult groups.
—Linda Carroll, NBC news, 3 May 2025
Noun
The report also questions the ethics of medical interventions for transgender young people, suggesting that adolescents are too young to give consent to life-changing treatments that could result in future infertility.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
The data also showed that the rate of psilocybin exposures reported to U.S. poison centers had increased, by 201 percent in adults, 317 percent in adolescents and 723 percent in children, indicating a growing pull towards the substance across the board.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adolescent
Adjective
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The doctors had started collaborating in 2023, working on ways to correct genetic mutations in young children with ultra-rare diseases.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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Her siblings were spacey younger brother Luke (Gould) and flirty older sister Haley (Sarah Hyland).—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
17 May 2025
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The angular clock hands and classic-leaning clock face protect this personality piece from becoming gimmicky or childish, and instead remaining sophisticated and tasteful.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2025
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See, the issue here isn’t that a college dude did a dumb, childish thing.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Many organizations grapple with obstacles such as disconnected data, internal roadblocks, misaligned objectives across teams and immature processes.—
Mithun A. Sridharan,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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And anybody that thinks otherwise is just being foolish and immature and childish.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The juveniles have also been charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and second-degree burglary, but in Department of Juvenile Justice petitions.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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The juvenile was transported to Norwalk Hospital for treatment.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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For a long time, infantile amnesia was thought to be tied to an inability to make memories in infancy.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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The curious case of infantile amnesia The phenomenon of not remembering anything from early childhood is known as infantile amnesia.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Four men, including a minor, were arrested in connection to a shooting that killed a teenager and injured a woman, North Richland Hills Police said in a release Monday.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 May 2025
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According to prosecutors, the teenager reciprocated by sending back photos of himself — only to be hit with a blackmail demand of $150 to prevent the images from being disseminated online.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
12 May 2025
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For Stowell, his wife and three kids, including his son who was younger than 10, entrance to Hollywood Studios cost $974.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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The rooms were basic, and the few guests were scrappy club kids taking a break from Ibiza to work on their tans.—
Julia Chaplin,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
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The youngster brushed off San Siro heartbreak suffered midweek against Inter Milan in the Champions League semifinals, and was in top form against Carlo Ancelotti’s men for a tie that could essentially scoop La Liga this term.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Denise Alexander, who performed in thousands of radio episodes and on The Twilight Zone as a youngster before starring in two long stints as Dr. Lesley Webber on General Hospital, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2025
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“Adolescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adolescent. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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