Thesaurus results for ADOLESCENCE

adolescence

noun

ˌa-də-ˈle-sᵊn(t)s

Definition of adolescence

as in youth

the transitional period between childhood and adulthood adolescence can be a turbulent time for teenagers and parents alike

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Recent Examples of adolescence Born in Jacksonville, Florida on January 6, 1942, Gaines spent his childhood and adolescence in Birmingham, Alabama. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 July 2026 Growing up alongside Turner and her two sisters, Sonny was woven into nearly every memory of their adolescence. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026 Testosterone levels generally peak during adolescence and young adulthood, and begin declining by approximately 1% per year after age 30 or 40. — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 16 July 2026 My conversations with experts revealed the reasons run much deeper than an adolescence shaped by social media or the Covid pandemic. — NBC news, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for adolescence

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What may have seemed acceptable in the early consumer software days looks different after more than a decade of hard lessons about social media's impact on youth and as AI use becomes pervasive.

— Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Anti-vaping advocates have said that e-cigarettes in kid-friendly flavors have increased in use among youth and young adults.

— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

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Many predicted this sort of mission-creep when VAR was in its infancy, and those warnings have proven well-founded.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
While the technology is still in its infancy, the ultimate goal is to bridge the gap between machinery and biology.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026

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Back in those early days there was talk of Newcastle winning the Premier League in the next five to 10 years, principally from the mouth of Amanda Staveley, a 10 per cent minority partner of PIF who sold her stake and left Tyneside in July 2024.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
That would give more games to minority co-hosts Argentina, Paraguay and inaugural 1930 World Cup host Uruguay, who currently are set to get just one game each of the 104.

— Graham Dunbar, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

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