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adolescent

[ad-l-es-uhnt] / ˌæd lˈɛs ənt /


NOUN
person in puberty, preadulthood
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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Iron deficiency anemia is especially common among pregnant women and adolescent girls in many developing countries.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

In this blended, blighted family, fear has a different hold on Niall, played as an adolescent by Mitchell Robertson.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Reducing adolescent pregnancies in a society is generally considered to be a positive trend.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

Henry David Thoreau’s timing was one of his gifts: Living and writing during his nation’s adolescence, he was something of an adolescent himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

I would gaze stony-faced into the distance, beyond such adolescent diversions.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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