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as in boys
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 kids
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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Recent Examples of youths
One reason intervention and prevention is a challenge is that concerning behaviors demonstrated by youths are becoming more complex, often influenced by digital subcultures, Kilpin said.
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Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Doubling down on detention Despite its limited capacity, the Allegheny County Highland Detention Center dashboard shows 220 youths were detained at Highland in 2025.
—Jeffrey Shook, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
Cortez Masto led a group of lawmakers in June who called on DHS to disclose how many youths with SIJS have been detained or deported or had lost their deferred action.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026
Tribal youths worked with elders to harvest tule — a stalky plant native to California’s wetlands — and use it to build traditional boats.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
And many youths are forgoing higher education, a space where people learn how to evaluate evidence for themselves.
—Megan Thiele Strong, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
In Alameda, hundreds of youths gathered at the South Shore Center parking lot, where police reported fights and two people were hospitalized.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
Roberge also had said the Tolland facility, which could have begun operating in 2029, would have housed as many as 18 teenage boys being held in state juvenile detention centers in Hartford and Bridgeport, which were not designed to house youths for long periods of time.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
The garden and culinary programs provide hands-on learning, vocational training and a therapeutic space for youths.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Doubling down on detention Despite its limited capacity, the Allegheny County Highland Detention Center dashboard shows 220 youths were detained at Highland in 2025.
—Jeffrey Shook, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
Cortez Masto led a group of lawmakers in June who called on DHS to disclose how many youths with SIJS have been detained or deported or had lost their deferred action.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026
Tribal youths worked with elders to harvest tule — a stalky plant native to California’s wetlands — and use it to build traditional boats.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
And many youths are forgoing higher education, a space where people learn how to evaluate evidence for themselves.
—Megan Thiele Strong, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
In Alameda, hundreds of youths gathered at the South Shore Center parking lot, where police reported fights and two people were hospitalized.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
Roberge also had said the Tolland facility, which could have begun operating in 2029, would have housed as many as 18 teenage boys being held in state juvenile detention centers in Hartford and Bridgeport, which were not designed to house youths for long periods of time.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
The garden and culinary programs provide hands-on learning, vocational training and a therapeutic space for youths.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youths
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After all, many people engage in self-pleasure; many women get their periods; many boys have ejaculated in their sleep.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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The behavior is especially impactful for young boys whose brains are still developing; teenagers’ executive functioning, abstract thinking and decision-making skills continue to form through age 25.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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In mere hours, central Madrid’s historic coffee spot, Café Comercial, will be thronged with content creators, micro-influencers and ‘cool kids’ attending the first in a rolling series of YSL Beauty activations, each envisioned as a block party.—
Joe Bobowicz,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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The kids naturally played hoops, too.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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Police later said four teenagers had been detained in a car near another synagogue in Rotterdam.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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More than half of teenagers are using the technology for schoolwork, a Pew Research Center report released last month found.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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The building had served for decades as the site of intake operations for single men and families without children, and, in addition to assigning people to shelters around the city, Bellevue itself also offered hundreds of beds.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Even outside of traditional television, the reality TV model has made millionaires of even more toxic matriarchs such as Ruby Framke, who amassed over 2 million YouTube subscribers by pimping out her children for clicks while criminally abusing them in secret.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Youths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youths. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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