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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
The singer-songwriter, is also donating $1 from each ticket sold to organizations that provide resources and support for transgender youth.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
Over the next seven days, Eva and Shane reconnect and rehash the passionate romance of their youth.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 July 2025
On that and subsequent albums like Forces of Victory, Bass Culture, and Making History, Johnson, who was already a published poet, established himself as an especially militant chronicler of the alienation of Black British youth.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
Destroying and separating generations, the newcomers’ policies and actions left tens of thousands of children, youth, women and men in unmarked graves, buried out of sight and out of conscience.
—Tanya Talaga
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
Over the next seven days, Eva and Shane reconnect and rehash the passionate romance of their youth.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 July 2025
On that and subsequent albums like Forces of Victory, Bass Culture, and Making History, Johnson, who was already a published poet, established himself as an especially militant chronicler of the alienation of Black British youth.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
Destroying and separating generations, the newcomers’ policies and actions left tens of thousands of children, youth, women and men in unmarked graves, buried out of sight and out of conscience.
—Tanya Talaga
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for youth
Noun
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Byron is reportedly married and shares two kids with his wife, who is not Cabot.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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This is children's reporter Rachel Wegner, here with the latest on schools, kids and more.—
The Tennessean,
The Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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That suggestion quickly triggered memories of her childhood living situation.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
26 July 2025
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Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, who died this past Thursday at the age of 71, left gold paint fingerprints all over the childhood memories of his fans.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Villa have already recruited a teenager centre-half this summer after the arrival of Yasin Ozcan from Kasimpasa, who signed a pre-contract agreement in February and joined up with Unai Emery’s squad on July 1.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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As a teenager, the budding performer had several run-ins with neighborhood bullies, but always fought back, Lewis said of his father.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
23 July 2025
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The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office and Elmore County paramedics responded to a call at 1:47 p.m. Saturday about an object piercing a windshield and injuring a child, the Sheriff’s Office said Monday in a news release.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
14 July 2025
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Around this time, a person broke a window and successfully rescued a child from the home while flames began to spread, police said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Instead of feeling supported, adolescents may start to believe that there’s something wrong with them, rather than recognizing it as something understandable, that deserves empathy.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The new analysis concludes that about 8.4 million U.S. adolescents — or nearly 33% — have prediabetes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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At least 41 of those cranes were reported to be juveniles, fresh new recruits from the breeding grounds in and around Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Succi said first responders found that the driver of the vehicle and a juvenile in the backseat were trapped inside and needed to be extricated by fire crews.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
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“Youth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youth. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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