as in adolescences
the transitional period between childhood and adulthood
a teenager during his minority has some of the rights of an adult, but not all
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently noted that new graduates, younger workers, and minorities are struggling to find jobs right out of college.
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The controversy concerns Saudi Arabia's poor human rights record characterized by brutal restrictions of freedom of expression and systemic discrimination against minorities and women.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
Washington additionally recognizes the Islamic State’s crimes against Yazidis and other minorities in Iraq and Syria as genocide.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
The group listed the need for protection and representation for minorities, peaceful relations in the region, ending support for terrorist actors, removing foreign fighters from state institutions, investigating and prosecuting human rights abuses and defeating ISIS and other terrorist groups.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 25 Sep. 2025
The crackdown was ostensibly to ferret out spies, but in many cases the security forces used the war as a pretext to detain ethnic and religious minorities as well as Afghan migrants, according to Amnesty International.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
And Sharaa’s attempts to extend government control over the rest of Syria have alienated minorities on the country’s periphery.
—Sam Heller, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
An interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus, an economist and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, now presides over a nation with a chilling rise in crimes against religious minorities.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
As the frequency of terrorist attacks increases, the new Syrian government risks squandering its political legitimacy by failing to protect the country’s minorities.
—Caroline Rose, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The controversy concerns Saudi Arabia's poor human rights record characterized by brutal restrictions of freedom of expression and systemic discrimination against minorities and women.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
Washington additionally recognizes the Islamic State’s crimes against Yazidis and other minorities in Iraq and Syria as genocide.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
The group listed the need for protection and representation for minorities, peaceful relations in the region, ending support for terrorist actors, removing foreign fighters from state institutions, investigating and prosecuting human rights abuses and defeating ISIS and other terrorist groups.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 25 Sep. 2025
The crackdown was ostensibly to ferret out spies, but in many cases the security forces used the war as a pretext to detain ethnic and religious minorities as well as Afghan migrants, according to Amnesty International.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
And Sharaa’s attempts to extend government control over the rest of Syria have alienated minorities on the country’s periphery.
—Sam Heller, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
An interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus, an economist and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, now presides over a nation with a chilling rise in crimes against religious minorities.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
As the frequency of terrorist attacks increases, the new Syrian government risks squandering its political legitimacy by failing to protect the country’s minorities.
—Caroline Rose, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Minorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minorities. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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