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- adjective
superlative form ofyoung : mostyoung . - adjective Most recently begun or formed.
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Examples
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But my youngest is a picky reader, in much the same way that he's a picky eater, and he had lost most of his interest in recreational reading until we gave him Jim's books a couple months ago.
The Finlay Stamp of Approval jimhines 2008
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Peter and Lois have three kids - the youngest is a brilliant, sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and world domination.
Top entertainment TV shows featuring disability in the 07-08 season BA Haller 2008
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I served in Vietnam, My sons served in Desert Storm and my youngest is a U.S. Marine.
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My oldest graduated from Kentridge High School last year and my youngest is a Senior at Kentridge High School.
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I think my youngest is about to start spouting Shakespeare sonnets if her disrupted sleep is anything to go by.
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The Changling is coincidentally what I called my youngest son during potty training.
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“I am the youngest in my own family, and I think, to a large extent, the youngest is almost always without blame, because the show was already going when we get there.”
Archive 2006-05-01 ____Maggie 2006
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“I am the youngest in my own family, and I think, to a large extent, the youngest is almost always without blame, because the show was already going when we get there.”
Sweet and Low Notes ____Maggie 2006
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And yet, "said the apple-woman," I have three boys of my own at home; one of them must be nearly a man by this time, and the youngest is about as old as you are.
Mopsa the Fairy 1910
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When two women walk along together the youngest is always given the inside of the pavement, or if the younger happens to be married, she gets the outside – they are quite strict about this; also, if
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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