teenager
noun
teen·ag·er
ˈtēn-ˌā-jər 
plural teenagers
: someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
He began singing as a teenager.
Most teenagers firmly believe they have the most embarrassing parents in the world.—
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Eight teenagers were injured on Wednesday when a car drove onto a sidewalk in Anaheim.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
As a teenager, sombr started uploading his bedroom compositions and sharing them on TikTok.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025
This article was reported across three continents and through dozens of conversations with executives and computer scientists, economists and politicians, artists and investors, teenagers toward an unknown destination, and the struggle to make sense of it.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Although the teenager has only started performing in public in recent years, her grandmother has revealed that she's always had an interest in dance.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
As a teenager, sombr started uploading his bedroom compositions and sharing them on TikTok.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025
This article was reported across three continents and through dozens of conversations with executives and computer scientists, economists and politicians, artists and investors, teenagers toward an unknown destination, and the struggle to make sense of it.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Although the teenager has only started performing in public in recent years, her grandmother has revealed that she's always had an interest in dance.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for teenager
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“Teenager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teenager. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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