underage

Example Sentences

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Social media platforms will be held responsible for weeding out underage accounts.

From Barron's

Shops that failed to clamp down on underage sales of tobacco and vapes could be given £100 on-the-spot fines - in addition to the £2,500 maximum fines that local councils can already impose.

From BBC

District Court in Phoenix to conspiring to commit kidnapping in a plan to free underage girls who had been taken into Arizona state custody.

From Seattle Times

If a minor is moved across state lines for the purpose of sex, “that is enough for at least an argument ... of sex trafficking because somebody underage cannot consent,” Gorin said.

From Los Angeles Times

The statute both prohibits certain social networks from giving accounts to children under 14 and requires the services to terminate accounts that a platform knew or believed belonged to underage users.

From New York Times