juvenility

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Recent Examples of juvenility Of course, as Fiedler demonstrates with such aplomb, juvenility need not yield aesthetic failure. Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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Noun
  • The show also acknowledges that Percy’s pattern of emotional immaturity played a role in what happened between her, Sam and Charlie.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
  • But standing for people who know the difference between right and wrong is a reflection of maturity, not immaturity.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Hormonal changes and brain maturation in adolescence shift the internal biological clock, known as the circadian rhythm, toward a later sleep schedule.
    Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
  • But the march of time is inevitable, and so are the hormones of adolescence.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Like the schools under consideration for consolidation, these schools serve an almost exclusively minority population and face declining enrollment.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
  • Lanisha Barney, a Black teacher hired to teach kindergarten at David Lubin Elementary School in September 2024, alleges in the lawsuit that she and her predominantly minority class were kept apart from other two kindergarten classes taught by white teachers.
    Chaewon Chung June 9, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026

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“Juvenility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juvenility. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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