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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
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Their bond, forged by the exotic nature of their remote landscape, begins to change as Lily enters her teenage years and Bodhi contemplates friendship and family beyond his reptilian counterparts.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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There’s one exception to be found, in a teenage subject, Grace, who seems excited to be a mom until the financial and emotional realities of motherhood come crashing down on her.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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McKinney was Double-A Binghamton’s pitching coach last season and thus owns deeper histories with many of the Mets’ younger arms.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The 49-second video begins with a young girl in blue pants picking up a metal water bottle from the ground and throwing it at another girl.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The woman had minor injuries and was treated at the scene, police said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2026
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Leigh Wambsganss, the Republican candidate and a Mercy Culture ally, had become a minor MAGA celebrity, owing to her role in facilitating a far-right takeover of the area’s school boards.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
15 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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The detrimental effects of early start times affect high school students during adolescent development.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2026
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My siblings and friends became an adolescent Image Ten, everyone contributing (poorly but enthusiastically) in front of and behind the camera.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 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
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Roberge also had said the Tolland facility, which could have begun operating in 2029, would have housed as many as 18 teenage boys being held in state juvenile detention centers in Hartford and Bridgeport, which were not designed to house youths for long periods of time.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2026
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Two juvenile suspects exited the bus and fled the scene after the shooting.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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 18 Mar. 2026.
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