adolescence
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Such deposits may begin accumulating as early as adolescence, although scientists still do not fully understand what these early changes mean.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
Girls’ coping strategies often work until early adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Among boys, greater participation in guided physical activity from childhood through adolescence was linked to better working memory.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Add pandemic adolescence, expensive housing and stagnant wages, and different choices begin to look less mysterious than inevitable.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
She had never felt the uncertainties of adolescence.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing adolescence
Power Suffix: -escence
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