the youth
noun
: the young people
The show sends a strong message to the youth of America.
The city's youth need strong role models.
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Sexism Is Increasingly Normalized Amongst Young Boys Not only has bullying resurged amongst the youth, but so has sexism.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
As a player, Howe came through the youth ranks at Bournemouth.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Elder bosses may fantasize that teaching twenty-one-year-old business majors a prior age’s social norms will make the future not only more recognizable, but one in which their expertise is needed and the youth have something left to learn.
—Lily Scherlis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Ignite focuses on the youth and young adult homeless population, serving over 580 young people annually and providing transitional housing, food, clothing and other basic necessities thanks to their approximately $320,000 yearly contract with HUD.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
As a player, Howe came through the youth ranks at Bournemouth.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Elder bosses may fantasize that teaching twenty-one-year-old business majors a prior age’s social norms will make the future not only more recognizable, but one in which their expertise is needed and the youth have something left to learn.
—Lily Scherlis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Ignite focuses on the youth and young adult homeless population, serving over 580 young people annually and providing transitional housing, food, clothing and other basic necessities thanks to their approximately $320,000 yearly contract with HUD.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the youth
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“The youth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20youth. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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