adolescence

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I relent that I’m both a lapsed fashion student and someone who spent their adolescence and early teens marveling at Jacobs’ designs and Coppola’s films.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Social media has poisoned adolescence, and digital technology has widened the gulf between children and parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

During adolescence, the body's internal clock naturally shifts later, meaning teenagers tend to feel alert later at night than adults do.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Throughout his childhood and early adolescence, Godoy took multiple acting courses, including one with seasoned Mexican thespian Silverio Palacios.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

From the onset of adolescence she’d been subjected to a series of unsuccessful schemes; every so often a small group of unmarried Bengali men materialized in the house, young colleagues of her father’s.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri