subadult

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subadult
Adjective
  • As the consequences of permanent records became clear—blocking access to jobs, housing, and education—states began experimenting with mechanisms to seal or expunge certain convictions, usually for first-time or juvenile offenders.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike natural thinning, large fire-resilient trees are typically high-graded for felling in Jackson, creating tinderboxes of 300 to 500 mostly juvenile trees per acre.
    John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Something has to give if the Commanders want to keep their young quarterback leading the way for years to come.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • But increasingly, the planet’s biggest pro clubs are signing younger and younger players to bigger and bigger contracts that deter their release when not required, either for fear of injury or fear of losing league games in their absence.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Debbie pioneered the whole idea of a teenage pop girl doing her own songs.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
  • At first, the teenaged Peter struggled to bond with Masiko’s family.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The film tracks Chou’s navigation of adolescent relationships, including romantic disappointment and academic pressure, as external political events amplify personal upheavals.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Her mother decided that her daughter’s lesbianism was only an adolescent phase.
    Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • An intimate look at the life of soon-to-be 18-year-old Bruno, whose youthful impulses and longings stand in contradiction to the responsibility of being the sole carer for his ailing 86-year-old grandmother.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, the opening two gambits were superb as Federer had to fend off a youthful Nick Kyrgios to clinch the inaugural 2017 version, while Team World pushed Europe all the way in Chicago a year later.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Wage and Hour Division also discovered three underage Culver’s employees working a deep fryer, considered a dangerous job for young employees, at the Suwanee restaurant, a complaint says.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Investigators reportedly found images of underage girls in their underwear on his phone.
    Jesus Mesa Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And enforcing size limits on catches could prevent the overharvesting of immature sharks and help maintain population resilience.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In the comments, some people point out that the situation feels immature.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The two had a minor pull-apart but Adam Pearce screamed it down.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The compound 7-OH is a naturally occurring substance in the kratom plant (Mitragyna speciosa), according to the FDA, but only a minor component, less than 2%, of the alkaloid content in natural kratom leaves.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Subadult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subadult. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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