as in youthful
being in the early stage of life, growth, or development
a young cat requires more food than an older one a young tree that will eventually reach 50 feet tall
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Recent Examples of young
Straight Outta Cobham, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The female mega den snakes carry their young for three to four months before delivering between eight and 17 babies.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 14 May 2025
Rachel Hale, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Forecasting models not only predicted millions of additional deaths due to the steep cuts, but also that one-third of those deaths are projected to occur in children younger than age 5.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 July 2025
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Adjective
Investing this much in players this young hasn’t been done on this scale before, all while still trying to satisfy the demands of a win-now club by its modern history, and a win-now fan base.
—Straight Outta Cobham, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The female mega den snakes carry their young for three to four months before delivering between eight and 17 babies.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
Black transgender and nonbinary young people, who report the highest indicators of poor mental health, face the highest risk of youth homelessness.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Forecasting models not only predicted millions of additional deaths due to the steep cuts, but also that one-third of those deaths are projected to occur in children younger than age 5.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for young
Adjective
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Sharp, who is signed to the Nashville office of Prescription Songs as a songwriter, delivered a youthful interpretation of the intersection of blues, country, folk, R&B, rock and soul.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
6 July 2025
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At one point, she was accompanied by Jane Seymour, who, like Graham, proudly flaunted her youthful figure in a baby blue and coral one-piece.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Among the 20-somethings at its center are the Bravo-famous offspring of breakout Housewives Kandi Burruss, Kim Zolciak, Meredith Marks, and Teresa Giudice.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 June 2025
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The study produced another intriguing finding: Ancestral night lizards had very small litter sizes, probably consisting of just one or two offspring.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Chief among these concerns are the misguided beliefs by some supporting the passage of legislation aimed at ensuring juvenile crimes start in the juvenile system, including heinous acts such as murder and rape.—
Ivan J. Bates,
Baltimore Sun,
30 June 2025
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Sharks don’t seek out humans and most incidents are cases of mistaken identity – including by juvenile sharks that fail to distinguish between humans and their prey, shark researchers have told CNN.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
28 June 2025
Noun
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There are some of us who live in places along I-71 that get to see a few from each brood.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Theo takes off to have a nice brood alone and leaves Nan and Blanche to keep the rumors of his absence at a whisper.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Insecure endpoints, poor management and generally immature cybersecurity practices created an ecosystem ripe with exploitable gaps.—
Thomas Ryd,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Moment Makers Group All cycles involved fresh oocytes (immature eggs found in the ovaries) from young donors (average age 26.1), frozen sperm from male partners and a single blastocyst embryo transfer.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
Noun
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For all the culinary bells and whistles at Bateleur, our favorite food and drink moment was the simplest: the pots of piping-hot tea and coffee delivered by our butler through a hatch at the side of our tent in the pre-dawn darkness, to wake us up in time for a safari.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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Louvers in the rakish glass hatch instantly recall the classic split-window Sting Ray of 1963, the one-year-only styling created by GM designer Larry Shinoda, the son of Japanese immigrants.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Whatever the answer, the most enjoyable parts of Friday’s concert offered more than just a chance for attendees to revisit their adolescent years in song by channeling anew feelings of young love, longing and fresh-faced angst.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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And a study published in The Lancet that examined the prevalence of adolescent depression among English youth suggested that increased sedentary behavior in adolescence could affect a person’s mental health into adulthood.—
Henry Abbott,
The Atlantic,
12 July 2025
Noun
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In any other sport, the progeny of a former star player ascending to the highest level would be especially noteworthy.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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Hillyer’s movie centers on Countess Marya Zaleska (Gloria Holden), a Dracula progeny who kidnaps a young woman in Transylvania.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Young.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/young. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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