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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
Guns, youth boot camp and pregnancy, in readers' eyes.
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Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2026
That my youth wasn't my youth at all.
—Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
More than 200 school districts are among the plaintiffs suing social media companies for supposedly causing a youth mental health crisis.
—Jennifer Huddleston, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
One camper remains missing, and the disaster sparked lawsuits, state and legislative investigations, and sweeping changes to Texas youth camp safety laws.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for youth
Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2026
That my youth wasn't my youth at all.
—Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
More than 200 school districts are among the plaintiffs suing social media companies for supposedly causing a youth mental health crisis.
—Jennifer Huddleston, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
One camper remains missing, and the disaster sparked lawsuits, state and legislative investigations, and sweeping changes to Texas youth camp safety laws.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for youth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youth
Noun
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The Highlanders all-underclass boys team lost four tiebreakers in a heartbreaking 4-3 semifinal loss against Alonso Mourning of Miami.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mary Brown retired after coaching boys and girls volleyball in the district for 19 years, including the past eight years with the Knights’ boys team.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Charles, who is well-known for his love of nature and the importance of sustainability, fed chickens in a coop together with the kids.—
Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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The kid from Istanbul’s streets was not an aberration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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That is one of my fondest memories of my early childhood.—
Rich Heldenfels,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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What was your childhood like there?—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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The parents of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were cleared of allegations of child neglect and abuse in the months before authorities say the teenager was murdered and dismembered by singer D4vd, who now faces a possible death sentence for the slaying.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Van Pelt and her husband, Andrew, who met as teenagers at a California college, moved around for a while, before settling in Wheaton, next door to his hometown of Geneva.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Made in response to a difficult breakup, the work alludes to two lovers parting ways, but also to Pau’s memories of isolation as a severely asthmatic child in a notoriously polluted city, lying in bed staring at the wall and inventing stories to distract herself from the difficulty of breathing.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Though the arrest took place over three years ago, the case faced new scrutiny in March when TMZ published a video of the altercation, showing Paul yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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As an adolescent, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and struggled through school.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2026
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He was brought to the center as an adolescent with a broken wing (possibly due to a collision with a car) and can no longer fly properly.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Youth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youth. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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