juvenile
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Instead, the cells appeared to regress into a more juvenile form.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
The training involved participation and coaching by people who were incarcerated at Graterford prison, in Pennsylvania—many of them juvenile lifers.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Glass eels are juvenile eels, aged one to two years, that have just completed their migration across the Atlantic from the Sargasso Sea.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Previous assignments include juvenile dependency and civil litigation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Some states also initiated mandatory transfer rules, which took away any discretion from prosecutors and judges over whether a child should be kept in the juvenile system.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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