adolescence
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She said there was a "higher risk of depression, anxiety, poor sleep and poor health in adolescence that arises from smartphone use".
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
That’s because the years from adolescence into early adulthood form what memory researchers call the reminiscence bump, when we forge our strongest musical memories.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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
Those vows are easy to adopt in adolescence, but they tend to be discarded by one’s late teens or early twenties.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
But her great eyes, with their elaborate lashes, could only be those of a grown woman; there the resemblance to adolescence ended.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing adolescence
Power Suffix: -escence
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