adolescents

plural of adolescent

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Noun
  • This was a crew of Black teenagers making sonically adventurous music that, in fact, garnered a great deal of young Black listeners.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But when the parents began the planning process, taking a DIY approach to a multi-country trip for four adults and three teenagers (two high-school grads and an 8th-grade graduate) proved daunting.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As my generation continues to age, many of our kids will eventually be monitoring us.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • To bring structure to their busy home, one Tennessee couple created a set of rules and expectations for their kids to follow.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The regime change came in the wake of protests led by thousands of youngsters, sparked by corruption and lack of essential services such as water and power, with Randrianirina promising free and fair elections within two years.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • On average, fewer than one per cent of the 173 youngsters who are currently part of Newcastle’s academy go on to have a full-time career in professional football.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The initial search turned up nothing but when Deputy Cody Loncaric arrived in the scene with his K-9 partner named Knox, the dog immediately began his first track in a field close to where the juveniles went missing, officials said.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The prosecutor's office had no additional information to provide in the ongoing investigation on Monday while citing New Jersey law pertaining to juveniles.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, ethereum has faced a lot of competition, particularly from the cool kiddies in Solana-town.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Adolescents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adolescents. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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