as in youth
the transitional period between childhood and adulthood
adolescence can be a turbulent time for teenagers and parents alike
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Recent Examples of adolescence
The Phoenix children moved around a lot during their adolescence due to their family's involvement with the Children of God religious group.
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Mckinley Franklin, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
In addition to lending humor and a timelessness to the portrayal of Elliott by blending her Gen Z sensibility with Park’s millennial perspective, the first-time feature actor also shared her director’s sense of nostalgia for adolescence, despite still being in it herself.
—Elaina Patton, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2024
Similar to Mean Girls, Clueless delves into the high school hierarchy, with both films using humor and sarcasm to highlight the challenges of fitting in and learning to be true to oneself amidst the chaos of adolescence.
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Metamorphosis is never easy, and early adolescence is a time of rapid and staggering change—second only to infancy.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Mckinley Franklin, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
In addition to lending humor and a timelessness to the portrayal of Elliott by blending her Gen Z sensibility with Park’s millennial perspective, the first-time feature actor also shared her director’s sense of nostalgia for adolescence, despite still being in it herself.
—Elaina Patton, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2024
Similar to Mean Girls, Clueless delves into the high school hierarchy, with both films using humor and sarcasm to highlight the challenges of fitting in and learning to be true to oneself amidst the chaos of adolescence.
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Metamorphosis is never easy, and early adolescence is a time of rapid and staggering change—second only to infancy.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adolescence
Noun
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Right now, 370 youth are hard at work preparing 5,100 winter kits for distribution to children and their families.Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Transgender youth have been flooding crisis hotlines, scared of what the future may hold with the new administration.Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Exposure to sugar in infancy and toddlerhood may lead children to develop a taste for—or addiction to—sugar that persists into later life, the scientists wrote.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The format foreshadows reality TV—a genre then its infancy.Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The answer is that immigrants and minorities, particularly working-class ones, are unhappy with the economy and much else.Basel Touchan, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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Safe Spaces are locations not seen as a threat or a challenge to minorities.Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Adolescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adolescence. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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