younger

Example Sentences

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In Musk’s younger days, these expensive endeavors were nearly impossible to fund because the idea of taking on entrenched industries was a dead end for so many investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Overall, the results suggest the treatment shifts cartilage toward a younger, healthier state without requiring stem or progenitor cells.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

"For many younger supporters, this is the first team that feels like their team in the same way older generations emotionally belonged to the side of Dzeko, Miralem Pjanic and Emir Spahic."

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The long-suffering younger Forster described his father, in an understatement, as having “a tendency toward self-love, pride, and a certain scholarly vanity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

When he was younger, before he’d found purpose in his mushroom garden, he’d wandered these woods every day.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman