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as in boys
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood
a big, strapping youth who, even at his relatively young age, knew the meaning of hard work
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as in kids
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
rounded up the neighborhood youths and organized them into a softball team
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Recent Examples of youths
Israel says most of these are militants, but youths throwing stones and people not involved in confrontations have also been killed.
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Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
But these youths discuss faith instead of politics.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
By the age twenty-one, 20% of autistic youths will have had a police encounter.
—Catherine Tan, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
But a Brookings Institution analysis reviewed by Axios indicates that alienated men and youths, especially in low-income areas, likely were behind the jump.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Hilton has testified in front of Congress and released a documentary on her experience in a facility for wayward youths in Utah.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
To date, the organization has distributed over 25,000 garments to LGBTQ youths through local nonprofits in New York, New Jersey, Chicago and Detroit.
—Jay Valle, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Volunteers with Knit the Rainbow make winter garments for LGBTQ homeless youths.
—Jay Valle, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Scientists have offered a range of potential explanations for this lengthy childhood, with many pointing to the evolutionary need for youths to develop bigger brains before maturing to adulthood.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
But these youths discuss faith instead of politics.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
By the age twenty-one, 20% of autistic youths will have had a police encounter.
—Catherine Tan, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
But a Brookings Institution analysis reviewed by Axios indicates that alienated men and youths, especially in low-income areas, likely were behind the jump.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Hilton has testified in front of Congress and released a documentary on her experience in a facility for wayward youths in Utah.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
To date, the organization has distributed over 25,000 garments to LGBTQ youths through local nonprofits in New York, New Jersey, Chicago and Detroit.
—Jay Valle, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Volunteers with Knit the Rainbow make winter garments for LGBTQ homeless youths.
—Jay Valle, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Scientists have offered a range of potential explanations for this lengthy childhood, with many pointing to the evolutionary need for youths to develop bigger brains before maturing to adulthood.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youths
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While Matchbox cars made their debut in the 1950s, Hot Wheels cars and their signature orange track became a hit with boys in the 1960s.Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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Near the water pipes that supply the camp, boys come to fill up smaller tanks and to chase each other in the desert.Jane Arraf, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this year, two teenagers filed a class-action lawsuit against a Kentucky youth detention center and its administrators, claiming that they were subjected to oppressive isolation, denied basic hygiene, showers, and medications, and forced to listen to a toddler song.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Several incidents highlight the growing trend of Iran allegedly hiring teenagers to carry out attacks on Israeli and Jewish institutions in Europe.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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As if the children of the Jews who have built so much of and in Chicago were merely an afterthought.The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
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At his side were his wife, Carolyn, and children Lizzie and Griffin.Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
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So, if juveniles have easier access to firearms, are more willing to commit crimes since they will just be sent home to their parents in most cases, and can’t understand the consequences of their actions mentally, what can and should be done?Eric Braun, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
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But this street is no stranger to juveniles committing car crimes.Rebecca Pryor, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Youths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youths. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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