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Using data collected from a study of 285 guide dogs, the researchers found that preadolescent and postadolescent dogs seem to be more “trainable” than teenage pooches.

From Science Magazine • May 12, 2020

How did he and Maddon balance two tasks: raising a postadolescent team while competing for a playoff slot?

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2015

When Jay was a film student and Mark a budding musician, Richard Linklater’s “Slacker” defined a generation of postadolescent angst, catalyzing further interest in stripped-down productions.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2010

Jobs lasted only a semester but hung around the campus wandering the labyrinths of postadolescent mysticism and post-Woodstock culture.

From Time Magazine Archive

By fixing my sights on one summit after another, I managed to keep my bearings through some thick postadolescent fog.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer