adolescent
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Surgeon General has described as a continuing crisis in child and adolescent mental health.
From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026
One needn’t be an expert in autism to realize that the condition is not something like adolescent anxiety, which can be cured by reassurance and self-confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The problem is that the governance structures in these companies are adolescent at best, ill-equipped to handle their rapid rate of revenue growth, their evolving business models, and their swiftly changing capital structures.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
In this blended, blighted family, fear has a different hold on Niall, played as an adolescent by Mitchell Robertson.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The sick fluid of adolescent despair that runs through her veins overflows again into mine.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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