youngling

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Recent Examples of youngling So after gathering all the adults who had tried to exert influence over the hybrids in a holding cell, Wendy laid down the new laws of the land while her Xenomorph and its chestburster youngling watched menacingly on. Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Sep. 2025 But even younglings with a limited attention span, who can't sit still for an entire feature film, will forever have a connection to the screen icon who died Tuesday at the age of 89. Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025 The Jedi who weren’t good enough yet for anything else—the younglings. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 May 2025 And, the younglings can come along, safe and secure, in child safety seats finished in the same Pasha fabric. Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 And indeed, during the relatively short time AI agents are in use by younglings, tragic cases have already emerged. Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Not much further though…unless some of the younglings play outstanding. C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025 In its own very different way, Skeleton Crew is also trying to see this territory through new eyes — in this case, four younglings who should probably be in science class and not figuring out how to get a ship into hyperspace. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youngling
Noun
  • In August, Reuters reported that Meta allowed its chatbots to have romantic and sensual conversations with kids.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Each week features new recipe samples, kids’ crafts and community resources.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • About 1,300 people from around the world -- ranging from children as young as 12 years old to elite athletes -- participated in the race.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Hestrin said the child is bedridden and has cerebral palsy as a result of the abuse.
    Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The post, shared on October 6th by u/Affectionate_Lime880, features pictures of the small feline playing with the poster on the porch, however, this is not a domestic cat but a bobcat cub.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Avoid them, if possible, especially sows with cubs.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Youngling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youngling. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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