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young

[yuhng] / yʌŋ /


NOUN
animate beings that are not mature
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Antonyms
STRONG


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Portrait of a Young Girl, by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, is believed to have hung for decades in the home of Hendrik Seyffardt's family, Arthur Brand said.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

He searched the archives of an auction in 1940 where part of the looted Goudstikker collection went under the hammer and found item number 92: "Portrait of a Young Girl" by Toon Kelder.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

In the early 19th century, this spirit came to be called the Young America movement.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Young mice showed low levels of the MDM2 protein, while untreated older mice had much higher levels.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

I wrote down my observations and reported them to the Young Egyptian Party.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman