adolescence
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That pattern raises the possibility that psychopathy may be connected to differences in brain development across childhood and adolescence.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
A 21 year-old pre-nursing student at USC, Reet Buttar spent most of her adolescence actively hiding her Indian and Punjabi identity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Slowly, love stretches into the past, shining light on a dark adolescence.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
Henry David Thoreau’s timing was one of his gifts: Living and writing during his nation’s adolescence, he was something of an adolescent himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
It doesn’t matter that I barely know the man Dutchy has become, know nothing about his family, his adolescence.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
Vocabulary lists containing adolescence
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