adolescence
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If Euphoria once felt like an exaggerated but emotionally resonant portrait of Gen Z adolescence, its latest season has pushed that chaos to near-surreal extremes.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
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
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
A 21 year-old pre-nursing student at USC, Reet Buttar spent most of her adolescence actively hiding her Indian and Punjabi identity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
It means that someone has learned to live with high technology; that it is possible to survive technological adolescence.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing adolescence
Power Suffix: -escence
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