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preadolescence

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Definition of preadolescence

as in adolescence

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Recent Examples of preadolescence Instead, the rats concerned acted normally until given their preadolescence doses of THC. — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019 Yet there’s no better example of the genius of Big Mouth—a comedy that nails the sophomoric physical humor of preadolescence but whose hilarious portrait of puberty is really a mirror held up to adult sexuality—more than what follows. — Judy Berman, Time, 4 Oct. 2019

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Noun

The ban has been in place long enough that an entire cohort of girls has passed through adolescence without stepping foot in a secondary school classroom.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
For most of the book, Jeon-Gi’s first-person voice remains suspended in the uneasy space of his childhood consciousness, re-enacting the uncertainty and confusion of adolescence.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of adolescence

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James Trafford, Manchester City to Leeds United That Trafford would look to depart City, his boyhood club, this summer was expected.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Semenyo had already completed a prolific season in England’s Premier League, scoring 17 league goals to take over boyhood idol Tony Yeboah’s long-standing record for most scored by a Ghanaian in a single season.

— Andrew McNicol, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of boyhood

Noun

Chester Dale, whose bequest forms the core of the NGA’s Cassatt holdings, favored the range of her female subjects, from girlhood and adolescence to adulthood and old age.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Now, she's been immortalized with a Barbie doll and the pink energy of girlhood is headed for State Farm Arena.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

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