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as in young
being in the early stage of life, growth, or development
an adolescent sheepdog, who hasn't quite gotten the hang of keeping the sheep huddled together
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as in childish
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
would hope that the college students had outgrown such adolescent behavior
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as in immature
lacking in adult experience or maturity
took a group of adolescent recruits and turned them into professional warriors
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as in juvenile
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Recent Examples of adolescent
Stewart Ain, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows homicide ranks among the top causes of death for adolescent girls aged 15 to 19.
—Ann Muno, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 30 Apr. 2025
First, governments could consider warning labels for ultra-processed and red meat products and restrict marketing junk food to children and adolescents.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
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Adjective
As a result, these children remained in foster care — many throughout their adolescent years — just so the private agencies could collect millions of tax dollars for their care.
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From 2009 to 2017, while the 44th President of the United States was in office, their two daughters Malia and Sasha were becoming adolescents and experiencing life as teenagers.
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For much younger kids, Little Passports has an Early Explorers box ($20/month) aimed at children as young as 3.—
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Kruger had been an Akin superfan ever since his breakout Head-On — a gritty, violent love story about a young German-Turkish woman trying to break free of her religious, restrictive family — which won Berlin’s Golden Bear in 2004.—
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The angular clock hands and classic-leaning clock face protect this personality piece from becoming gimmicky or childish, and instead remaining sophisticated and tasteful.—
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See, the issue here isn’t that a college dude did a dumb, childish thing.—
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Many organizations grapple with obstacles such as disconnected data, internal roadblocks, misaligned objectives across teams and immature processes.—
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And anybody that thinks otherwise is just being foolish and immature and childish.—
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The juveniles have also been charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and second-degree burglary, but in Department of Juvenile Justice petitions.—
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The juvenile was transported to Norwalk Hospital for treatment.—
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For a long time, infantile amnesia was thought to be tied to an inability to make memories in infancy.—
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If nothing else is done with those mice, that association will apparently be forgotten later in life due to infantile amnesia.—
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Some teenagers are considering professional certifications and skill-building courses to differentiate themselves and build their resumes.—
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Concluding the movie as a surprisingly mature teenager is a fascinating transition into a decade-plus of Cruise playing immature grown-ups.—
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Director Robert Zemeckis finds mixed results marrying broad comedy and pop-culture references with the title wooden boy's adventurous quest to become a real kid.—
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The American customers can peruse Saint James' iconic wardrobe essentials for the whole family with selections men, women, kids, even dogs plus unisex styles.—
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The couple usually hide the youngsters' faces in online photos but in these their features were visible.—
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The rest of the cast is predominantly made up of youngsters with different types of disability.—
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“Adolescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adolescent. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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