as in young
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for juvenescent
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Related Stories As Dickens goes over each of Jesus’ miracles and other pivotal moments ahead of his gruesome death, young Walter walks into the biblical passages as an unseen figure watching from the sidelines and becoming enraptured by the tall tales.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025 -
Dayana’s young son witnessed the arrests and wasn’t able to defecate for weeks after.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Even among digital natives – youthful, tech-savvy users who are well versed in the casual parlance of text messaging – a text plastered with shortcuts still felt undercooked.—
David Fang,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
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Ellie, now 19 years old, still sports the edge of youthful bravado.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There is an infantile phase, a childhood phase, and an adult phase.—
Team Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2025
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There are still rooms and contexts in which Germans — and now the head coach of the English national football team — are subject to infantile innuendo.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Pop stars like Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter conjured girlish elegance in pale gowns with feathers and ruffles.—
The Styles Desk,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That was a childish goal of the sort that had led her to challenge deëxtinction for so many years.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Saying that people are childish and should show more journalistic integrity in a piece like this is missing the point.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Juvenescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juvenescent. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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