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adolescents

NOUN

person in puberty, preadulthood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

juvenile minor teenager youngster youth

STRONG

stripling teen

WEAK

sweet sixteen teenybopper

Antonyms

STRONGEST

adult

WEAK

infant

Example Sentences

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They monitored 270 children and adolescents participating in the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health birth cohort.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Besides the couples, “The Farmer” section contains infants, young children, adolescents and extended families.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

UK vaccine experts have therefore concluded that it isn't cost effective to offer the MenB vaccine to adolescents, and the NHS does not currently offer a catch-up programme.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

In 2027, the guidance explains, Title X will fund “voluntary family planning projects” that offer a broad range of “acceptable and effective family planning method” and services for adolescents and infertility.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

There was never lipstick to contrast with her straight black hair, while at the age of thirty-one her dresses showed all the imagination of English blue-stocking adolescents.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson