juvenile
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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
A chargesheet was filed in 2024 against 48 people, three of whom were later found to be minors and their cases transferred to a juvenile court.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Senate conducted multiple hearings about juvenile delinquency that often blamed TV westerns and crime shows for increased violence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Thus a tadpole has the form of a juvenile frog, and its goal, its final cause, is to become an adult frog.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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