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Recent Examples of preteen
Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Even my preteen son says the brand is cool among his peers and now takes one to school.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 9 Apr. 2025
Mara Wilson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
That’s also thanks to a similarly straightforward portrayal by Christian Gonzales, who remains as earnest and misguided as only a preteen can.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Three preteen boys are scrambling around with their puppy as concerned adults stand by trying to check in and out of rooms.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Even my preteen son says the brand is cool among his peers and now takes one to school.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
Our parents were always present, and the teenagers would also keep an eye on the preteens.
—Mara Wilson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
That’s also thanks to a similarly straightforward portrayal by Christian Gonzales, who remains as earnest and misguided as only a preteen can.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preteen
Adjective
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Roberts has been open about her journey with teenage pregnancy.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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The downturn would only continue: In 2019, the Pew Center found that the teenage pregnancy rate in the US had fallen to fewer than 18 births per 1,000 girls for the first time in history.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Trump's 19-year-old son, Barron Trump, reportedly played a role in advising his father's campaign on how to find and attract voters, particularly men, in their teens and twenties.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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The mom of two teens shared her shocking family travel dilemma on a British parenting web forum.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Two more red cards, in the German third tier as a teenager for Stuttgart’s second team, did not help how people judged Rudiger.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Some had been members of the Hitler Youth as teenagers, while others had served as medical assistants in the German army.—
Peter Nguyen,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Art Across Boundaries Since a young age, Yi Ming has been passionate about the power the visual arts possess to transcend not only philosophical and disciplinary boundaries, but also cultural and national borders.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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However, the team already has young pass-rushers that haven't fully developed like David Ojabo and Tavius Robinson, making Stewart redundant.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Just remember that for many tweens, Italian Brainrot offers a way to play with language, test boundaries, and bond with friends.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
1 May 2025
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Behind the shiny-happy presentation of children, tweens and teens is a mostly-unregulated environment that can bend (if not completely breaks) child labor laws, enable online predators and create unknown damage to the psyche of developing brains.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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According to police, marijuana use, underage drinking and fights were seen at the party.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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In October 2014, TMZ obtained an audio recording of Collins allegedly confessing in a 2012 joint therapy session with then-wife Faye Grant to molesting underage girls.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The park also has a massive wave pool, a smaller pool for boogie boarding, and a surf simulator as well as several splash zones for kids.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The trend, like so many before it, is exactly what kids love the most.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Starring Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney as the sparring, intellectual parents to two adolescent sons (Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline), The Squid and the Whale responds to some of Baumbach’s own experiences as a product of divorce in the 1980s.—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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One of the main jobs of the adolescent human is to pull away from their parents in preparation for adulthood.—
Cyndy Etler,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Preteen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preteen. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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