adolescence
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Under Goad’s brand leadership, Claire’s is shifting its focus from little girls to tweens and young teens, concentrating on appealing to what she calls the messy middle between childhood and adolescence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
That pattern raises the possibility that psychopathy may be connected to differences in brain development across childhood and adolescence.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
Meanwhile, my sister was born, and throughout her childhood and most of her adolescence, my dad insisted they were moving back to Argentina.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
According to Emily Willoughby, a researcher in behavioural genetics at the University of Minnesota, childhood and adolescence provide a genuine window of opportunity for shaping attitudes.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Throughout adolescence, the brain is busily lining important neural pathways with a fatty sheath called myelin.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
Vocabulary lists containing adolescence
Power Suffix: -escence
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