adolescent
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Lucio Campos decided to learn it when his adolescent daughter asked to go to South Korea for her 15th birthday.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
“It’s really concerning,” adds Talib, the director of adolescent medicine and co-director of pediatrics at Atria Health Institute in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Compared to pregnancies in adulthood, adolescent pregnancies have been associated with higher rates of low birth weight, preterm birth, and early neonatal mortality among infants.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
But even as an adolescent growing up in Harlem, she felt like an old soul, her thoughts running deeper than the average kid’s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Both had had difficult adolescent lives, in complex families under unstable circumstances.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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