pubescent
adjective
pu·bes·cent
pyü-ˈbe-sᵊnt 
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
And pubescent children will typically go on hormone replacement therapy.
—Spencer MacNaughton, Them, 1 Feb. 2025
Pregnant women and pubescent teens experience faster nail growth.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Flaherty emphasized the rituals that precede a pubescent boy’s manhood — hunting, survival skills, and an elaborately detailed tattooing ceremony.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Dec. 2024
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
And pubescent children will typically go on hormone replacement therapy.
—Spencer MacNaughton, Them, 1 Feb. 2025
Pregnant women and pubescent teens experience faster nail growth.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Flaherty emphasized the rituals that precede a pubescent boy’s manhood — hunting, survival skills, and an elaborately detailed tattooing ceremony.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for pubescent
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“Pubescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pubescent. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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