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a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
a medical study that followed juveniles through adolescence and into adulthood
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Recent Examples of juveniles
Police in Arvada arrested two juveniles and searched for a third juvenile early Monday morning in connection with an auto theft.
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Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
One of the juveniles is 16 and lives in Taylorsville, officials said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2026
Because the girlfriend and the suspect, now 14, are both juveniles, the Mercury News is not naming either of them.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Boisvert said authorities found that two juveniles, ages 14 and 15, were allegedly trafficked through an online app and were each brought to Hartford.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
In March 2026, there were seven juveniles being held at Highland.
—Jeffrey Shook, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
Police say the chaos continued shortly after, when another group of teens jumped and robbed two more juveniles near New Jersey Avenue and M Street.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Females and juveniles lack the black head and have more muted shades of brown and orange.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Multiple juveniles were playing loud music and yelling profanities.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
One of the juveniles is 16 and lives in Taylorsville, officials said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2026
Because the girlfriend and the suspect, now 14, are both juveniles, the Mercury News is not naming either of them.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Boisvert said authorities found that two juveniles, ages 14 and 15, were allegedly trafficked through an online app and were each brought to Hartford.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
In March 2026, there were seven juveniles being held at Highland.
—Jeffrey Shook, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
Police say the chaos continued shortly after, when another group of teens jumped and robbed two more juveniles near New Jersey Avenue and M Street.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Females and juveniles lack the black head and have more muted shades of brown and orange.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Multiple juveniles were playing loud music and yelling profanities.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juveniles
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In mere hours, central Madrid’s historic coffee spot, Café Comercial, will be thronged with content creators, micro-influencers and ‘cool kids’ attending the first in a rolling series of YSL Beauty activations, each envisioned as a block party.—
Joe Bobowicz,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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The kids naturally played hoops, too.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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The building had served for decades as the site of intake operations for single men and families without children, and, in addition to assigning people to shelters around the city, Bellevue itself also offered hundreds of beds.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Even outside of traditional television, the reality TV model has made millionaires of even more toxic matriarchs such as Ruby Framke, who amassed over 2 million YouTube subscribers by pimping out her children for clicks while criminally abusing them in secret.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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One reason intervention and prevention is a challenge is that concerning behaviors demonstrated by youths are becoming more complex, often influenced by digital subcultures, Kilpin said.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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Doubling down on detention Despite its limited capacity, the Allegheny County Highland Detention Center dashboard shows 220 youths were detained at Highland in 2025.—
Jeffrey Shook,
The Conversation,
18 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Juveniles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juveniles. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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