adolescence
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If Euphoria once felt like an exaggerated but emotionally resonant portrait of Gen Z adolescence, its latest season has pushed that chaos to near-surreal extremes.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Under Goad’s brand leadership, Claire’s is shifting its focus from little girls to tweens and young teens, concentrating on appealing to what she calls the messy middle between childhood and adolescence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
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
Those vows are easy to adopt in adolescence, but they tend to be discarded by one’s late teens or early twenties.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
Somewhere deep inside her she must have harbored resentment and anger for a father who was absent during her childhood and adolescence.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing adolescence
Power Suffix: -escence
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