adolescent
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The problem is that the governance structures in these companies are adolescent at best, ill-equipped to handle their rapid rate of revenue growth, their evolving business models, and their swiftly changing capital structures.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Iron deficiency anemia is especially common among pregnant women and adolescent girls in many developing countries.
From Science Daily • May 27, 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
In this blended, blighted family, fear has a different hold on Niall, played as an adolescent by Mitchell Robertson.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
He was one of those guys who has just come through a bout of adolescent acne into a scarred, masculine, bad-boy face.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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