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young

[yuhng] / yʌŋ /


NOUN
animate beings that are not mature
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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“Everybody just wants to look young and perfect all the time, and that’s not healthy,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Rangnick, meanwhile, quickly earmarked the young defender as a possible future coaching talent.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In one scene, a young person "wonders whether... that kind of love was possible only in the old times", he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

To young students, my recommendation is to choose a field they have genuine passion for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Betsie engaged the young woman in a discussion of winter fashions and Father pinned Karel in a corner with questions of the most international and impersonal nature.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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