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  • noun Plural form of adolescence.

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Examples

  • As he shared school plays, the angst of three adolescences, graduations, birthdays and holidays, Irv became a fixture in our lives.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

  • Baby boomers, who were notorious for prolonging their own adolescences well into their 20s and beyond "Seinfeld," anyone?

    Don't Let Your Grown Kids Ruin Your Future Ruthie Ackerman 2012

  • As he shared school plays, the angst of three adolescences, graduations, birthdays and holidays, Irv became a fixture in our lives.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

  • One thing his play and all his research have made clear to him, Goodchild says, is the similarities between Teller and Oppenheimer: both brilliant children who had difficult adolescences, both men of science "used by people who were more sophisticated politically than they were."

    'American Scrapbook' draws on Kennedy family's favorite poems Jane Horwitz 2011

  • Difficulties arose too from their children, both of us suffering troubled adolescences.

    Our parents resented us 2011

  • Let me let you in on a little secret: we tall women, even the. 00001% of us that turn out to be models (for no matter our weight or looks, tall women constantly hear "You should be a model!") go through gangly, lanky, clumsy, klutzy adolescences ... and that's before we attempt to walk in heels.

    Brett Ashley McKenzie: Michelle: And Tall Women the World Over Rejoiced 2009

  • While growing up in the Midwest hiding our true sexual identities, all bullied by the objects of our desire -- the jocks, farm boys, frat boys, and even other closeted "bi-curious" guys; we all had escaped our painful adolescences and moved to the big city.

    Scott Foval: Five Years On: My Diagnosis And Mission Living As HIV+ 2009

  • A preference for nighttime over daytime activities may be associated with antisocial behaviour in adolescences, even in children as young as 8-years-old, according to a new study.

    Sleep Patterns Affects Teen Behavior | Impact Lab 2007

  • ~ Sleep pattern linked with teen's behavior -- "New study findings suggest that a preference for nighttime over daytime activities may be associated with antisocial behavior in adolescences, even in children as young as 8 years old."

    Speedlinking 7/22/07 William Harryman 2007

  • I do not believe people realize what an impact it plays on those unknowing adolescences.

    missxjackie Diary Entry missxjackie 2007

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