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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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Another found no advantage over placebo among adolescent girls, even when different doses were tested.

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

Nassem said removing uniforms from schools was not the way forward and has sympathy with teachers and schools who are trying to manage complex adolescent behaviour.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Opera came calling, it was a wild, if exciting, adolescent company.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

One needn’t be an expert in autism to realize that the condition is not something like adolescent anxiety, which can be cured by reassurance and self-confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“A few days after I injected them with the compound, they reverted to an adolescent stage.”

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm




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