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adolescent

[ad-l-es-uhnt] / ˌæd lˈɛs ənt /


NOUN
person in puberty, preadulthood
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


Example Sentences

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"Many studies and reports now confirm the various risks caused by excessive use of digital screens by adolescents," the French draft says.

From Barron's

She’s kept all manner of adolescent mementos, such as beads she fashioned out of tightly-rolled magazine pages or colorful pieces of clay.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers at Stanford Medicine have identified the biological steps that explain how mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines can, in rare cases, lead to heart inflammation in some adolescent and young adult males.

From Science Daily

Adrienne Salinger’s photographs revealed her adolescent subjects through the spaces they called their own.

From The Wall Street Journal

At age 9, our brains enter the adolescent phase, which the study authors said lasts until age 32.

From The Wall Street Journal