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Recent Examples of underage
This follows concerns about underage access to hemp products.
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Erin Jones, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
However, some are cautious to laud the partnership out of fear of what has happened time and again with self-conscious users (who are primarily underage) on social media platforms.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Police said there were reports of reckless driving throughout the parking lot, a fire, underage drinking, and disturbing others at the shopping district.
—Robert A. Cronkleton
march 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
Last month, he was arrested for allegedly using a fake ID to visit a bar in Arizona while underage, as well as possession of an Adderall pill and an oral steroid.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
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Erin Jones, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
However, some are cautious to laud the partnership out of fear of what has happened time and again with self-conscious users (who are primarily underage) on social media platforms.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Police said there were reports of reckless driving throughout the parking lot, a fire, underage drinking, and disturbing others at the shopping district.
—Robert A. Cronkleton
march 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
Last month, he was arrested for allegedly using a fake ID to visit a bar in Arizona while underage, as well as possession of an Adderall pill and an oral steroid.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underage
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Making education accessible for teenage mothers is a challenge in Kenya and a mounting task for a country with a fast-growing young population.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Another woman was renting a room with her teenaged autistic son.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Boasting the third-youngest roster in the NBA, the growing pains are going to be unavoidable.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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California lawmakers want schools to include nicotine in drug tests already given to student-athletes, some as young as seventh graders.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, at home, small appliances might break down or a minor breakage could occur.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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The restaurant became a minor sensation—the titular dish is terrific, silken and subtle and rich, but what most stood out was a rotating lineup of specials, mostly hawker-style Malaysian fare, particularly the food of Klang, his parents’ home town, on Malaysia’s western coast.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Flávio, youthful at 44, is tied with the incumbent in polls, and accuses Lula of being too close to China.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Widening our view to the moon’s more recent epochs requires nabbing more youthful material from the surface.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
7 Apr. 2026
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His adolescent name-calling and desperate need to emblazon his name on multiple sites are cause for national embarrassment.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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For example, research shows that adolescent boys are more susceptible to pressure for risk-taking behaviors than girls.—
Amy Morin,
Parents,
3 Apr. 2026
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The research team found the highest PFAS concentrations when participants were age 3, which were associated with higher bone density at age 12, Buckley said — contrasting with the finding of lower adolescent bone density when the children had high PFAS levels closer to the preteen years.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
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The preteen Coetzee was miserable when the family moved to Worcester, not far from where the Karoo starts.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
17 Mar. 2026
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Experts estimate thousands of additional uses occur in undisclosed plea deals and juvenile cases.—
Ivan J. Bates,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
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Also making headlines early April are reports of a juvenile white shark that got caught on a fishing line at Hermosa Beach.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Yet this widely available gourd—harvested and eaten while still immature, in fact, for ripe cucumbers are yellow and bitter—is not the entirety of the plant.—
Andrés Muedano,
JSTOR Daily,
25 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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“Underage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underage. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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