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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
Anoka, Minnesota, began its Halloween celebrations in 1920 to curb destructive pranks by local youths.
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Tickets are $42 for adults and youths ages 12 and older and $22 for children ages 5-11.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
Sharing the culture While Fleming’s classes in city classrooms and community centers with the youth are predominantly populated by Black youths, his Saturday classes are usually more diverse.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Victims ranged from local Italian youths to German and French tourists.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
According to Meadowridge Academy, the school is a residential therapeutic school in Swansea serving youths ages 12 to 21 with behavioral, mental health or trauma-related challenges.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Miller recalled the hyper-active youths bouncing off the walls, throwing pillows and looking for any chance to compete, which inevitably led to them butting heads.
—Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Deafblind youths need specific skills early in life — learning how to use American Sign Language and assistive technology, for example — to prevent language deprivation.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Israel says most of these are militants, but youths throwing stones and people not involved in confrontations have also been killed.
—Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Chris Kenning, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Tickets are $42 for adults and youths ages 12 and older and $22 for children ages 5-11.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
Sharing the culture While Fleming’s classes in city classrooms and community centers with the youth are predominantly populated by Black youths, his Saturday classes are usually more diverse.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Victims ranged from local Italian youths to German and French tourists.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
According to Meadowridge Academy, the school is a residential therapeutic school in Swansea serving youths ages 12 to 21 with behavioral, mental health or trauma-related challenges.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Miller recalled the hyper-active youths bouncing off the walls, throwing pillows and looking for any chance to compete, which inevitably led to them butting heads.
—Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Deafblind youths need specific skills early in life — learning how to use American Sign Language and assistive technology, for example — to prevent language deprivation.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Israel says most of these are militants, but youths throwing stones and people not involved in confrontations have also been killed.
—Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youths
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And much like their singing mama, both boys seem to enjoy getting silly, with Spears sharing goofy shots of the trio during a break from her 2018 tour, as well as a sweet snap of quality time with Preston in Miami.—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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The dramatization of one of the darkest chapters in American crime history has drawn plaudits for sidestepping easy sensationalism about the Chicago contractor and amateur clown who murdered 33 boys in the 1970s, burying them in a crawl space beneath his house.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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In 2020, health issues and a death left Harrison's mother unable to care for the kids, Kyla Rose and Emery.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Oct. 2025
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The key to raising emotionally resilient kids is the ability to repair.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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This was a crew of Black teenagers making sonically adventurous music that, in fact, garnered a great deal of young Black listeners.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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But when the parents began the planning process, taking a DIY approach to a multi-country trip for four adults and three teenagers (two high-school grads and an 8th-grade graduate) proved daunting.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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In August, the former professional football player filed for sole physical custody of his and Zolciak's children.—
Sarah Jones,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Beatrice and Eugenie's children do not have royal titles and use their fathers' surnames, reflecting their parents' wishes to raise them largely outside formal royal life.—
Ashley Hume , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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An unspecified number of juveniles are believed to have started a fire that heavily damaged a 129-year-old church Monday night in the small community of Leeton in southeast Johnson County, western Missouri, according to authorities.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, 12 adults and two juveniles were arrested by the LAPD for failing to comply with dispersal orders, CBS Los Angeles reported.—
Madeline Armstrong,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Youths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youths. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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