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as in childhood
the state or time of being a child
the short stories of the novelist's nonage have only recently been discovered by scholars
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as in adolescence
the transitional period between childhood and adulthood
the indiscretions of his long-ago nonage have come back to haunt him now that he's a serious presidential contender
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Noun
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But the truth is that most chronic hepatitis B infections are contracted during early childhood, or through mother-to-child transmission.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025 -
The images of Selena out of the public eye — giggling, goofing off, sometimes being annoyed—are the ones that stick with you, the memory of a girl who never really got a childhood or an adulthood.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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Perpetual adolescence seems to fit them like a glove.—
Helen Holmes,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Nicotine in adolescence can harm the parts of the brain that control attention, learning, mood and impulse control, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
REUTERS,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Programs like Kids Off Drugs aim to educate youth about substance misuse and address some of the systemic factors that contribute to addiction.—
Pradeep Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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Yet each step of my journey—from the subzero climate of my youth to the vibrant entrepreneurial landscape of Silicon Valley—has only reinforced my belief that, with vision and determination, technology can open doors most people never knew existed.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Nonage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonage. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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