as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
a herd of youngsters following their nature guide like ducklings after a mother duck
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Recent Examples of youngster
Structures for older youngsters are to include climbing rocks connected by rope bridges; swings, including a disabled-accessible swing ride; a net climber and a track ride, in which a child sits on a seat at one end of the structure and rides to the other end.
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Behind that are chicken coops sure to entrance youngsters.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Messi is now playing in the US with Inter Miami and has been behind a huge popularity boost in the MLS.
Laporta, though, is wary of comparing Yamal to Messi and wants the youngster to instead focus on his own game.
—Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
Jake Guentzel of the Tampa Bay Lightning and his dad, Utah Mammoth scout Mike Guentzel, are among partners in a former sports training facility being converted into a hockey rink for youngsters in Woodbury.
—Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Behind that are chicken coops sure to entrance youngsters.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Messi is now playing in the US with Inter Miami and has been behind a huge popularity boost in the MLS.
Laporta, though, is wary of comparing Yamal to Messi and wants the youngster to instead focus on his own game.
—Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
Jake Guentzel of the Tampa Bay Lightning and his dad, Utah Mammoth scout Mike Guentzel, are among partners in a former sports training facility being converted into a hockey rink for youngsters in Woodbury.
—Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for youngster
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And just traveling the world with my kids and my wife, and being able to eat and explore different flavors with them, has turned into this.—
Kenneth J. Williams Jr,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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In it, captivating images showed Black kids in preppy and collegiate wear, lounging on the porches of million-dollar waterfront homes, overlooking Inkwell Beach.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
17 Aug. 2025
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As the oldest of three children, Fitzgerald had also just started living on his own in Manhattan, per the obit.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Sharon, as well as her and Ozzy’s children, Jack and Aimee Osbourne, were attached to produce alongside Polygram’s Michele Anthony and David Blackman and Sony’s Andrea Giannetti.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Youngster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youngster. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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