underage

Example Sentences

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“It’s been hard for me because for many years I’ve been so embarrassed that I wasn’t underage when I met him. I was in my early 20s,” she said in the recent interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Zuckerberg testified last week that he regretted Meta's slow progress in identifying underage users on Instagram, as the plaintiff's legal team sharply criticized the company for deliberately targeting children.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Australia recently became the first country in the world to ban most social media platforms for children under 16, making it mandatory for platforms to verify users' ages and disable accounts by underage users.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

“I asked at least five times if I could let my guardian know what was happening, because I was underage, but they never let me,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

“So if you’re underage and you do magic inside an adult witch or wizard’s house, the Ministry won’t know?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling