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Recent Examples of preadolescence
Like his early childhood in Omaha, Nebraska; his troubled preadolescence in Lansing, Michigan; and his immersion in street-corner politics in 1950s Harlem, Malcolm’s coming-of-age in Boston shaped his radicalism as profoundly as the Nation of Islam and his 1964 pilgrimage to Mecca did.
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Kerri Greenidge, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2020
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
Instead, the rats concerned acted normally until given their preadolescence doses of THC.
—The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019
Kerri Greenidge, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2020
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
Instead, the rats concerned acted normally until given their preadolescence doses of THC.
—The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preadolescence
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One of the most valuable lessons to learn in adolescence is that the people who got you there may not be the same ones who can take you to the next level.—
Robert Balentine,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Kobe Campbell agrees but has a unique take on this trend that’s rooted in adolescence.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Preadolescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preadolescence. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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