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Recent Examples of underage
When the French government started dismantling the camp, he was identified as being underage and this led to him being taken along with around 30 other children to another facility in the south of France, near Toulouse.
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Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
An adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk, perhaps his novel with the highest underage body count, hit theaters in September.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Driver’s licenses were an early answer to the underage-driver problem.
—Alissa Gary, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
Both denied knowing anything about Epstein’s crimes prior to his 2008 conviction in Florida for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
—Robin Abcarian, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
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Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
An adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk, perhaps his novel with the highest underage body count, hit theaters in September.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Driver’s licenses were an early answer to the underage-driver problem.
—Alissa Gary, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
Both denied knowing anything about Epstein’s crimes prior to his 2008 conviction in Florida for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
—Robin Abcarian, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underage
Adjective
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The athlete himself also has a confident gait—still lanky and long-limbed in that teenage way, but assured.—
Nick Remsen,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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There are multiple teenage kids with guns in my alley.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Olivia, meanwhile, is both a protector and leader with her younger sister.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Which is why once again Samara Weaving’s Grace MacCaullay is on the run for her life, only now with her younger sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) in tow.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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Bowen signed as a minor-league free agent and excited the Padres this spring.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
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Nuptials—both real and cinematic—aside, The Drama press tour has given Zendaya the opportunity to enjoy some of her prettiest and most youthful looks in recent years.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
17 Mar. 2026
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In response to questions from the youthful Asian Film Awards Academy audience, Jia also offered a glimpse into his scripting process.—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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In one study cited in the review, adolescent athletes with poor mental health and well-being were one-and-a-half times more likely to sustain an injury compared with their peers without mental health problems.—
Ian McMahan,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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The point is that protection against MenB is separate from the routine adolescent meningitis vaccine.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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The main structuring absence in the film is Pansy (Deborah Mailman) and her distance from her two preteen children, Max (Hazel May Jackson) and Kid (Eli Hart).—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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And Sabrina is sort of the Olivia Rodrigo of the past year as far as the preteen girl following and even older than that, going into 20-something-year-old women.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The juvenile operator suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Our hearts go out to the innocent juvenile victim of this unspeakable crime and her family.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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Preterm and low-birth-weight babies are at higher risk than full-term babies of developing NEC, potentially because of their immature digestive systems, according to the National Institutes of Health.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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When the eggs hatch, the immature stages start feeding.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Underage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underage. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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