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Adjective
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The hockey association could have used a big international appearance to promote the sport to younger players.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026 -
Coach Rick Hirtensteiner said Young dealt with the pressure by just trying to have fun, and Sheffer, playing with his younger brother, Ryan, a starting shortstop, appeared to do just that Wednesday.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Gen Z has once again popularized the UGG boots of my teenage years, and that includes the full spectrum of shoes that are easy to slip on.—
Amelia Arvesen,
Outside,
19 Feb. 2026
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Four men who were falsely accused of killing four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop in 1991 are expected to be exonerated today by a state district judge.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
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Other records in the Epstein files include allegations made to the FBI that Wexner interacted with young women and possibly underage girls in Epstein’s presence.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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State officials have filed two dozen suits against prediction market operators, trying to protect traditional casino revenue and stop underage gambling.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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After acquiring veteran pitcher Mitch Spence from the Athletics on Thursday, the Royals stayed busy Friday by signing lefty pitcher John Means to a minor-league deal.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2026
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The driver, who was believed to have had a medical emergency prior to the accident, was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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There’s a clear world-building contrast between the college timeline—more youthful, lived-in, glowing, imperfect realism—and the later timeline where the faces become more mature and constructed.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
17 Feb. 2026
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While the Heat have a variety of youthful options in their backcourt hierarchy ahead of Young, from the defensive guile of Davion Mitchell, to the youthful creativity of Kasparas Jakucionis, to the veteran steadiness of Dru Smith, Young is the type of speed guard rarely featured by the franchise.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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These victories include an insulin co-pay cap, new money for public schools, lowering the cost of health care and child care, opening up mental health programs, connecting young adults to job opportunities, and reforming our juvenile justice system.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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For the new study, Yun and her colleagues removed the thymus from several juvenile axolotls.—
Taylor Mitchell Brown,
Scientific American,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Derry Girls, which followed teens in McGee’s native Derry in the years preceding 1998’s Good Friday Agreement, was a raucous, joke-dense show that juxtaposed mundane adolescent rites of passage with the daily horrors of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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The scale of underage wagering is hard to measure, but a recent survey of 1,017 adolescent boys nationwide, found 36% gambled in the last year.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Americans, especially ones who were youngish and worked on computers, were toting green paper bags around coastal cities (and later, smaller towns and non-coastal cities) en masse.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Lions graduated several standout players from last season’s team, but Lions coach Erik Kirsch likes the potential of this season’s youngish group.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Ephebic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ephebic. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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