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as in boy
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood
a big, strapping youth who, even at his relatively young age, knew the meaning of hard work
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as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
rounded up the neighborhood youths and organized them into a softball team
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as in childhood
the state or time of being a child
told the young people to enjoy their youth while they could
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Recent Examples of youth
On Sunday, at Central Broward Park and Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, there will be an all-day event starting at noon, with a youth soccer clinic, live performers and soccer matches between Jamaica U20, Miami United, the Caribbean Americas Soccer Association All Stars and more.
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Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2026
The group’s rise echoes a trend across South Asia of youth movements born out of social media playing a central role in anti-government protests, including uprisings in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and unrest in Nepal.
—ABC News, 5 June 2026
Teams such as Manchester United and Ajax in Amsterdam have trained youth teams for nearly a century.
—Andy Yamashita, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2026
He was also ordered to pay $1,268,302 in restitution, serve two years of supervised release and perform 100 hours of community service providing mentorship to at-risk youth.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
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Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2026
The group’s rise echoes a trend across South Asia of youth movements born out of social media playing a central role in anti-government protests, including uprisings in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and unrest in Nepal.
—ABC News, 5 June 2026
Teams such as Manchester United and Ajax in Amsterdam have trained youth teams for nearly a century.
—Andy Yamashita, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2026
He was also ordered to pay $1,268,302 in restitution, serve two years of supervised release and perform 100 hours of community service providing mentorship to at-risk youth.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for youth
Noun
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On the rooftop, Gavin has his boy Kenny’s back the whole time.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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The War Eagles got off to a strong start in the fall with a state championship in volleyball and followed with a productive winter, earning state titles in girls basketball and boys and girls swimming.—
Chip Saye,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
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In that year in the United States the number of lost kids had dropped to just over two per hundred.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Children might get a teepee tent and toys, while older kids might have cards, board games, boogie boards, or a volleyball net.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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The 2008 financial crisis served as an economic backdrop to their childhoods and a bleak job market, outlooked even bleaker thanks to AI, is their current reality.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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In some cases, teachers lost their licenses decades after the offense occurred because an adult victim came forward about prior childhood abuse, the records showed.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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On May 18, two armed teenagers entered the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing an armed security guard in a gun battle, then fatally shooting two men cornered in the parking lot, police said.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Zaya Wade is one stylish teenager!—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Whether a minor or an adult, that child has lost a parent and has a right to mourn and needs the mother to be there.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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More strikes were reported in southern Lebanon earlier today, with the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reporting that civil defense teams recovered the bodies of four people, including children, after an airstrike hit a residential house in the town of Adloun.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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No, rest is for the lazy, the Caucasian adolescent, the indolent, the indulgent—until the age of thirty.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Gadd gained almost 90 pounds to play adult Ruben (Stuart Campbell in flashbacks), the fractured older-brother figure of Niall (Jamie Bell as an adult; Mitchell Robertson as an adolescent), while their mothers date each other.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
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“Youth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youth. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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