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juvenile

[joo-vuh-nl, -nahyl] / ˈdʒu və nl, -ˌnaɪl /


NOUN
young person
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STRONGEST


Example Sentences

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If only he’d caught half the heat as Wasserman, he might have retreated long enough to spare us from his juvenile X posts or his next monstrosity of a car design.

From Los Angeles Times

The next step in the case is a transfer hearing where prosecutors will present arguments for why Perez should be tried as an adult rather than a juvenile.

From Los Angeles Times

Because the specimen is a juvenile, scientists cannot yet confirm whether adult individuals of the species retained the same structures as they matured.

From Science Daily

A juvenile court in the Paris suburb of Creteil late Wednesday said it had sentenced two of the men, who were 15 years old at the time, to 10 years in jail.

From Barron's

Prior to that, she led writing groups in juvenile halls across the Bay Area and freelanced in Cairo during the Egyptian revolution and Arab Spring.

From The Wall Street Journal




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