young people

collocation in English

meaningsofyoungandpeople

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young
adjective
uk
/jʌŋ/
us
/jʌŋ/
having lived or existed for only a short time and ...
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people
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈpiː.pəl/
us
/ˈpiː.pəl/
men, women, ...
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(Definition ofyoungandpeoplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Someyoungpeoplereported having a poor rapport with their treating oncologist.
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Youngpeoplesimply don't come along with a preconceived perfect set of rules; they need to learn and need to be taught.
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Others pointed out thatyoungpeopletook tremendous risks attempting to help out their families.
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Do school-based social skills training programs prevent alcohol use amongyoungpeople?
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In trains and buses theyoungpeopleare never willing to offer their elders seats.
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Music reachesyoungpeopleand can arouse initial interest better than an informational brochure.
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Youngpeoplein our focus groups talked about the kinds of music they enjoyed.
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Cross-cutting subject areas include children and the family, disability, gender, mental health, old age, race/ethnicity andyoungpeople.
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The problem is most serious in the poorest areas and among the most vulnerableyoungpeople, especially those in care and those excluded from school.
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Besides disorderly conduct, the police increasingly arrestedyoungpeoplefor theft.
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Both successful recording artists andyoungpeoplewith special needs make use of the same enabling technology to perform and compose.
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During wartime, however, the mobility ofyoungpeopleunsettled existing familial and community control.
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A decline in the advantage of carbohydrates can be expected, if a virus variant has adapted to affectyoungpeoplewhose antibody status is poor.
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Specifically, they discuss how patronizing language is displayed byyoungpeopletoward older people.
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There are many, ofyoungpeople, who ran.
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Alienation is not confined to ouryoungpeople, but is rampant among them.
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The argument of the book is based on interviews withyoungpeopleand discussions with parents and professionals.
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