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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
When Hatakeyama saw the same pattern of youths falling through cracks, the Making Mindfulness Matter (M3) Wellness Center was born.
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Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Fortinbras, a movement of unhoused youths, lay bare the crimes of his uncle Claudius, played by Art Malik.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Fortune mirrored Jones' sentiment and said showing youths different options is important to foster their success.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Tennessee’s funding focuses on providing education for youths in foster care and the juvenile justice system, according to federal data.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Beyond work, Simoncic served as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kansas City and volunteered to read to youths through the Lead to Read program.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Last year, the club served over 1,300 youths, with 84% of families earning under $50,000 per year.
—Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
The paddlers, all youths from Indigenous communities in the Americas, scampered off their kayaks and raced across the sandbar, ceremoniously ending the trip by dipping their fingers in the choppy sea water.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
That partnership includes ongoing collaboration with EIS, a nonprofit that offers free after-school, weekend and summer STEM programs for youths from local schools that feed into Lincoln High School.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Fortinbras, a movement of unhoused youths, lay bare the crimes of his uncle Claudius, played by Art Malik.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Fortune mirrored Jones' sentiment and said showing youths different options is important to foster their success.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Tennessee’s funding focuses on providing education for youths in foster care and the juvenile justice system, according to federal data.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Beyond work, Simoncic served as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kansas City and volunteered to read to youths through the Lead to Read program.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Last year, the club served over 1,300 youths, with 84% of families earning under $50,000 per year.
—Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
The paddlers, all youths from Indigenous communities in the Americas, scampered off their kayaks and raced across the sandbar, ceremoniously ending the trip by dipping their fingers in the choppy sea water.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
That partnership includes ongoing collaboration with EIS, a nonprofit that offers free after-school, weekend and summer STEM programs for youths from local schools that feed into Lincoln High School.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youths
Noun
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Of course, telling her boys apart is easy for Ness.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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There were men sitting at tables in front of what must have been a bar, three little boys who stopped playing on the pebble beach to watch me, two women also disembarking with baskets and packages from their shopping in Como.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Both Kardashian and Thompson are proud parents on social media, sharing posts to celebrate all of their kids' life milestones.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The jury saw extensive emails between Donna and Wendi that showed how Donna pushed Wendi to pursue relocation to South Florida at any cost, including offering her ex-husband $1 million and taunting him with the possibility of converting their kids from Judaism to Catholicism.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Inuit victims, many of them teenagers at the time, were either fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices, known as IUDs or coils, or given a hormonal birth control injection.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes potential is fulfilled but most teenagers can be awkward and their potential is only starting to be seen.—
Jason Davis,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Dinner and show tickets are $43-$47, $33 for children 15 and younger and for show-only.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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The couple shared two young children, a son and a daughter.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Training and policies for police officers that understand and account for the age and brain development of juveniles helps ensure productive and safe outcomes when interacting with them.—
Geordie McClelland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Vehicle strikes are the leading cause of death for Florida panthers, but juveniles are at even higher risk of getting hit, according to the FWC.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Youths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youths. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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