ephebic

adjective

Definition of ephebicnext
as in young

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ephebic
  1. young
  2. teenage
  3. underage
  4. minor
  5. youthful
  6. juvenile
  7. adolescent
  8. immature
Adjective
  • And if there was damage on younger roofs, insurers were willing to accept a repair instead of a full replacement, Metcalf said.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Ernst, who lives in Middleton, Wis., is the author of 20 historical novels and mysteries for young readers from American Girl, 11 books in the Chloe Ellefson Historic Sites mysteries, and nonfiction history and poetry.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of young
Adjective
  • The book explores a walled city the narrator and his teenage sweetheart imagined.
    Theara Coleman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Among those on trial was a teenage girl who had allegedly told her parents that Paty had asked Muslim pupils to leave the room before showing the caricatures.
    Reuters, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of teenage
Adjective
  • Phillips allegedly lured underage boys, sometimes as young as 12 or 13, with the promise of meeting famous wrestlers, the lawsuit says.
    Avery Lotz, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
  • After that, more girls, many of them fans who claim to have been underage at the time, came forward with their own accounts of inappropriate behaviour by Payne.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of underage
Adjective
  • Over a decade later, the streaming space is filled with entries from major and minor media companies alike.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Walman is dealing with a minor upper-body injury incurred in the first period of Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of minor
Adjective
  • Kirk is thirty-one; his rise to power has paralleled that of the MAGA movement, for which he’s become a youthful avatar.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Posters of rock bands like Def Leppard, Whitesnake, and Motley Crüe cover the walls, while a youthful Johnny Depp and U2's The Edge add to the 80s vibe.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of youthful
Adjective
  • The company continues to focus on advancing SLK in Phase 3 clinical trials for hidradenitis suppurativa and psoriatic arthritis, with additional trials planned for juvenile HS, palmoplantar pustulosis, and axial spondyloarthritis.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The stalks on the juvenile Arthropleura resemble those of a crab, which could point to the creature having an amphibious youth before becoming terrestrial in adulthood.
    Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of juvenile
Adjective
  • In a more recent study, researchers gathered data from nearly 7,000 adolescent school children in Ontario, Canada.
    Carina Woudenberg, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15, their lawyer said Monday.
    Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of adolescent
Adjective
  • Some growers also pinch plants back in September to create an even crown and remove immature stem segments.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Harris 2024 Polls: Harris Leads By 1 Point In Two Latest Surveys Unfortunately, these metrics do not work well for an immature, emerging business.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of immature
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