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noun

minors

people under the legal age of adulthood

In a sentence

Six example sentences with minors, each labelled with its topic.

  • The retailer trains cashiers to check identification, since selling lottery tickets to minors carries a fine of five thousand dollars.

    Business

  • The league requires that minors drafted straight from high school have a parent or guardian sign every endorsement contract.

    Basketball

  • Airlines charge an extra fee for minors flying alone and will not release them at the gate to anyone but the named adult.

    Travel

  • The court seals records involving minors, so the names of the two teenagers never appeared in the newspaper.

    Law

  • The console asks a parent to approve online chat for minors, and the setting cannot be changed from a child's profile.

    Gaming

  • The theater will not admit minors to the late screening without an adult, whatever the film's rating says.

    Movies

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