adolescence
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Factors that shape cognitive abilities during childhood and adolescence may have lasting effects that extend into adulthood, potentially influencing education and working life.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Add pandemic adolescence, expensive housing and stagnant wages, and different choices begin to look less mysterious than inevitable.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Meeting fellow creatives who looked like me gave me a sense of validation, mirroring what Celia Cruz did for me in adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
He says attachment is often reshaped during periods of transition, particularly during adolescence, when young people begin forming close relationships beyond their family.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel a closeness to someone she could read a biography.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Vocabulary lists containing adolescence
Power Suffix: -escence
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