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young

[yuhng] / jʌŋ /


NOUN
animate beings that are not mature
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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NHS England said: "It is totally unacceptable young people were put at risk of harm because some practitioners at the WellBN practice provided care they were not commissioned to deliver by the NHS."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

That’s because they work as a form of life insurance, and those people who buy an annuity and die young effectively subsidize those who live to be very old.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

In a July 1775 letter, John Adams told his wife, Abigail: “There is a young Gentleman from Pennsylvania whose Name is Wilson, whose Fortitude, Rectitude, and Abilities too, greatly outshine his Master’s.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Last one: Name an artist that meant a lot to you when you were young that might surprise people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Are the young and brave as vulnerable as the old and slow?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

When his wife supported him, branding young Amy Acton a liar, both the girl and her younger brother were removed from Donna Arthur’s custody and raised by their biological father.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

But for some younger adults, that notion is being turned on its head.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

She is also much younger than any other candidate in the field, but would be slightly older than the youngest-ever elected U.N. secretary-general, Sweden’s Dag Hammarskjöld, who took office at 47 in 1953.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

She believes her appeal lies in showing younger people that life doesn't stop as you get older.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

José’s children are still babies, but León’s and Flora’s boys are only a few years younger than me.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Walker, meanwhile, won the England International Open earlier this month to become the youngest winner of a senior WDF title - a record previously held by Littler.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The youngest of his siblings, he grew up surrounded by his parents’ records, an older brother’s guitar and aunties who played piano.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The youngest son brought the grandchildren and they came with a lot of noise, which Daniel loved.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

In 1986, when he was 35, he became the youngest French lawmaker to be elected to the Senate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Meanwhile, the two youngest Garfield boys, Irv and Abe, would travel by train to stay with Ohio relatives.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow


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