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Noun
a movie that appeals to tweens
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Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
While the stakes aren't super high, tween Dora fans and parents should have fun with this one.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 3 July 2025
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
In the early 2000s, Hilary Duff soundtracked the era of butterfly clips and Laguna Beach for a whole generation of tweens and teens.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2026
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Preposition
Jip quickly learned the difference be tween a horse and a cow.
—Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
While the stakes aren't super high, tween Dora fans and parents should have fun with this one.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 3 July 2025
Noun
But Fennell has also expounded on her obsession, as a tween, with Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet and James Cameron’s Titanic—both movies that also drew mixed reviews but made astonishing amounts of money.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
In the early 2000s, Hilary Duff soundtracked the era of butterfly clips and Laguna Beach for a whole generation of tweens and teens.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Tween.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tween. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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tween
1 of 2 prepositiontween
2 of 2 nounMedical Definition
Tween
trademark
—used for any of several preparations of polysorbates
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