young adult
a teenager (used especially by publishers and librarians).
a person in the early years of adulthood.
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The expert advisory group for Unicef’s AI for Children project, for example, has no representatives from regions with the highest concentration of children and young adults, including the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
AI ethics groups are repeating one of society’s classic mistakes | Amy Nordrum | September 14, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewFor instance, it’s more than twice the death rate for heart attacks in young adults, the researchers wrote.
A sobering breakdown of severe COVID-19 cases shows young adults can’t dismiss it | Erin Garcia de Jesus | September 9, 2020 | Science NewsI have also met parents who lost young adult children to the disease, and were still trying to understand how this could have happened.
This battery of survey questions, as far as we know, represents the first time anyone has asked young adults how they feel about childcare in any depth.
Millennials and Gen Zers need better childcare. Can either Biden or Trump deliver? | matthewheimer | August 29, 2020 | FortuneThe increase in young adults moving back with their family was first reported by real estate company Zillow.
In that vein, Burns and Ward stress how TR, ER, and FDR “overcame … the traumas of their childhoods” and young adult lives.
I set out to write an adult book, but using some conventions from classic young adult books.
When it comes to dystopian, young adult fiction, Lois Lowry was the trailblazer.
A Trailblazer in YA Dystopian Fiction: An Interview With 'The Giver' Author Lois Lowry | Marianne Hayes | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI might work for a few hours on editing, or on a young adult book.
Because without true consequences, how does any young adult learn from anything?
This young adult remained at her house at the rock fence approximately four months.
Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana | Henry S. FitchAny circumscribed tumour of the jaw, particularly when met with in a young adult, should suggest the possibility of an odontoma.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesIt is at this moment that the quid of Coca affords the young adult the most delightful sensation.
Coca and its Therapeutic Application, Third Edition | Angelo MarianiThe condition is chiefly met with in young adult women, and may develop suddenly after a shock to the nervous system.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles
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