as in kids
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
a herd of youngsters following their nature guide like ducklings after a mother duck
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Recent Examples of youngsters
Take Stock has been providing two-year scholarships to students for more than 30 years, offering them to youngsters from low-income families who starting in eighth grade meet with mentors and maintain decent grades.
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Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
With those two moving on up this week, the Daily News checked in on a few other youngsters in the Yankees’ org, starting with Carlos Lagrange.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
This could be the 49ers’ best interior presence in years, so long as Odighizuwa flourishes away from the Cowboys and is complemented by the youngsters next to him.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
That included Ty Hawkins and his team of youngsters of the Missouri Phenom AAU program.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
The holiday is devoted to children, and the entertainment was geared toward youngsters.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Think of Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 69 youngsters at a left-wing summer camp in Norway, or the Islamic State commandos who killed 90 music fans at the Bataclan in Paris in 2015.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Roger that While most youngsters growing up in New York in the late 1950s and early 1960s were Mickey Mantle fans, Strasberg gravitated to Maris.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
With those two moving on up this week, the Daily News checked in on a few other youngsters in the Yankees’ org, starting with Carlos Lagrange.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
This could be the 49ers’ best interior presence in years, so long as Odighizuwa flourishes away from the Cowboys and is complemented by the youngsters next to him.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
That included Ty Hawkins and his team of youngsters of the Missouri Phenom AAU program.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
The holiday is devoted to children, and the entertainment was geared toward youngsters.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Think of Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 69 youngsters at a left-wing summer camp in Norway, or the Islamic State commandos who killed 90 music fans at the Bataclan in Paris in 2015.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Roger that While most youngsters growing up in New York in the late 1950s and early 1960s were Mickey Mantle fans, Strasberg gravitated to Maris.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youngsters
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New York parents are asking for ChatGPT limits in schools, while Utah last month passed a law to let parents monitor their kids’ screen time on school devices.—
Joel Mathis,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
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Coming from the theater, Frank had an old-school approach to performance and atmosphere, while Eleanor, trained in social work and psychology, had an acute understanding of extreme human behavior in kids and adults.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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The introduction of new younger characters, presumably designed to help guide children through Stoller’s already simplified narrative, signals a desire for intergenerational accessibility.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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From 1929 until 2006, Pluto lived in the imagination of children and adults alike as the ninth and outermost planet in our solar system.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Youngsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youngsters. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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