as in youthful
being in the early stage of life, growth, or development
a young cat requires more food than an older one a young tree that will eventually reach 50 feet tall
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Recent Examples of young
Janae Bowens, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2025
Should Grier and McDaniel be allowed to draft another young quarterback in their win-a-playoff-game-or-get-shown-the-door season?
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
In reproduction, there’s the energy embodied by offspring–the hatchlings that emerge from eggs or the newborn young that result from live birth.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 May 2024
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Adjective
This contrasts with Baby Boomers, who typically married young and experienced higher rates of divorce and remarriage.
—Janae Bowens, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2025
Should Grier and McDaniel be allowed to draft another young quarterback in their win-a-playoff-game-or-get-shown-the-door season?
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
These trees are excellent hosts for caterpillars, an important food for birds feeding their developing young.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
In reproduction, there’s the energy embodied by offspring–the hatchlings that emerge from eggs or the newborn young that result from live birth.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 May 2024
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Some of the youthful aspirations included travelling to New Zealand, having a YouTube channel, discovering a new species, and meeting an alien.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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The Heat continues to explore the youthful frontcourt duo of Nikola Jovic and Kel’el Ware.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2025
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An orca who carried her dead calf’s body for weeks has lost another offspring.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Troubled juvenile hall gets another lifeline after judge punts decision on closure.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article A state prison, a juvenile detention facility, three county jails and a federal detention center sit just outside the Border 2 fire’s evacuation zone.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Share [Findings] Climate change was expected to drive American lobsters to seek deeper waters, beavers to colonize new parts of Canada, and wolf spiders in the high Arctic to produce a second annual brood.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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Cicada Safari tracks the emergence of broods and is asking for the help of citizen scientists.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2025
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People with leukemia often have a high number of immature white blood cells called myeloblast, which are not usually present in the blood.—
Doru Paul,
Health,
10 Jan. 2025
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These immature cells can develop into different types of blood cells, including white blood cells (WBCs), central to immune function.8 Getting sufficient and consistent sleep can help make your body more resistant to disease and infection.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
9 Jan. 2025
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As this wrecking ball swings anew, policymakers across the region had better batten down the hatches.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Their chick hatches around February, grows to adult size and finally takes flight.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The travails of these people, including a suspenseful interrogation sequence sending Eunice and her adolescent daughter, their heads wrapped in black sackcloth, to the very place Rubens was seen recently.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Eugene Arnold, a child and adolescent psychiatrist with Ohio State University, says the evidence for some dyes is stronger than others.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
18 Jan. 2025
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Not all significant social movements were progressive: Gordon also sketches the largely nonviolent northern branch of the nativist and racist Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, as well as its highly violent progeny, the 1930s American fascist movement.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Once inside our cells, the viruses can crank out hundreds to thousands of progeny, thus causing an active infection.—
Mark Kortepeter,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Young.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/young. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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