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Recent Examples of preteen
Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
And Sabrina is sort of the Olivia Rodrigo of the past year as far as the preteen girl following and even older than that, going into 20-something-year-old women.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Their preteen daughter, Suri, played in the front seat of the truck.
—Kit Warchol, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
The main structuring absence in the film is Pansy (Deborah Mailman) and her distance from her two preteen children, Max (Hazel May Jackson) and Kid (Eli Hart).
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
And Sabrina is sort of the Olivia Rodrigo of the past year as far as the preteen girl following and even older than that, going into 20-something-year-old women.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
Not even Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, where Hancock made his debut playing Mozart as a preteen.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Their preteen daughter, Suri, played in the front seat of the truck.
—Kit Warchol, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preteen
Adjective
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Repetition is composed of a novelist’s remembrances of her teenage girlhood, a tumultuous time no matter what.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Aatra Abbas, 29, said her family chose Locke for her three teenage siblings after visiting several nearby schools.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The charge comes after photos and videos showed Lang outside the Collin County courthouse several times this past week during the murder trial for teen Karmelo Anthony.—
Shawna Mizelle,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Text messages between Roberts and her teen son had been shown to the jury, with the pair discussing what type of alcohol the teenagers wanted for the party.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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For young travelers, Paintbox and Paintbox Petite are the resort’s exclusive clubs for children ages 5 to 12 and 2 to 5.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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Big surf from a previous swell contributed to a drowning Saturday off Dana Point and, on Wednesday afternoon, the search continued for a young girl swept off the sand Tuesday evening in Laguna Beach.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
11 June 2026
Noun
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For a lonely teenager in a rural town, a young person exploring their identity, a migrant child keeping culture and family within reach or a neurodivergent child who finds the school corridor or the playground.—
Belonging Forum,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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On June 12, the stylish teenager joined her family in attending her father David Beckham's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.—
Staff Author,
InStyle,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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When her once-close friend Harper (Myha’la) finds her in Paris, Yasmin is now organizing illicit interactions with underage girls and young women for ultra wealthy de facto neo-Nazis and conservative politicians.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
7 June 2026
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An underage passenger in a crash northeast of Atlanta is lucky to be alive after they were thrown from their vehicle onto the hood of a police cruiser.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Barely a tween at the time, the American Horror Story actress wore cropped camo-print pants, a black tank top and a purse made out of tires to the 2001 red carpet for her film Blow.—
Tanisha Bhat,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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Your tween probably can't get enough of them, and often they are sold out in stores.—
Parents,
Parents,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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This ideal of masculinity is not a patriarch but a perpetual adolescent, endlessly irresponsible and endlessly indulged.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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The diary became a map of adolescent rivalry.—
Kate Casey,
Vanity Fair,
2 June 2026
Noun
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In that year in the United States the number of lost kids had dropped to just over two per hundred.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Children might get a teepee tent and toys, while older kids might have cards, board games, boogie boards, or a volleyball net.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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“Preteen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preteen. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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