the youth
noun
: the young people
The show sends a strong message to the youth of America.
The city's youth need strong role models.
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Game nights at the youth cafe were organized, and kids were given alternative methods of entertainment.
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Leigh Kiniry, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Plaguing the South Side at the time was drug use among the youth.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Messi’s sons play soccer, too, in the youth system of their dad’s Major League Soccer club, Inter Miami CF.
—Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
McTominay was raised in Lancaster, England; joined the youth academy of his only previous club, Manchester United, as a five-year-old; and has now led Scotland, his father’s country, to its first World Cup in twenty-eight years.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
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Leigh Kiniry, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Plaguing the South Side at the time was drug use among the youth.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Messi’s sons play soccer, too, in the youth system of their dad’s Major League Soccer club, Inter Miami CF.
—Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
McTominay was raised in Lancaster, England; joined the youth academy of his only previous club, Manchester United, as a five-year-old; and has now led Scotland, his father’s country, to its first World Cup in twenty-eight years.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
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“The youth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20youth. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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