tender (young) age

noun

: a very young age
He was playing the piano at a tender age.

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At the tender age of 12, Piper Lowe has become a TV star and her proud mama can’t help but share photos of the family’s new celebrity on Facebook. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 Ve’ondre Mitchell has been creating TikTok videos in her bedroom from the tender age of 16, becoming the trans internet’s darling in the process. Quispe López, Them, 15 Jan. 2025 These species tend to reproduce at a tender age, having many young as quickly as possible, because their days are numbered. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024 At the beginning of Putin’s rule, when today’s 20- and 30-year-olds were still at a tender age, Russia was benefiting from strong economic growth—a result of the market economy built in the 1990s and high energy prices in the early years of this century. Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tender (young) age 

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“Tender (young) age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tender%20%28young%29%20age. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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