adolescence
Example Sentences
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Social media has poisoned adolescence, and digital technology has widened the gulf between children and parents.
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
Early successes in helping define and popularize the personal computer were followed by a troubled adolescence that almost proved fatal.
It has long been argued there is a similar phenomenon seen in adolescence as the brain matures from childhood to adulthood, she says.
From BBC
But the author’s sympathies extend well beyond the girls to the stalwart, fiercely protective aunt and grandmother who raise them, plus the many people who help shape their late adolescence and early adulthood.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
