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Recent Examples of preteen
Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 13 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
Elliott Almond, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Mamdani looks to be a preteen or young teenager.
—CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
My preteen self used to scour the men’s rack to buy pairs of baggy jeans because the women’s department mostly displayed straight leg or skinny jean styles—silhouettes that didn’t align with my tomboy aesthetic.
—Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 13 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
As an exuberant 4-foot-6-inch preteen, all Liu could talk about was triple Axels and quadruple jumps in an era when Russian skaters dominated the sport with dazzling spinning rotations.
—Elliott Almond, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Mamdani looks to be a preteen or young teenager.
—CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preteen
Adjective
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Ashley Nicole Dixon of Danese works as a manager at a Dollar General store and has a teenage daughter at home and another in college.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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In both cases, a teenage boy was killed.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The parents themselves are increasingly reliant on products powered by algorithms, and teen-agers have become around-the-clock users of social-media apps.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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In January, her exit was taken over by dozens of teens on bikes riding into the road and popping wheelies.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Boasting the third-youngest roster in the NBA, the growing pains are going to be unavoidable.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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California lawmakers want schools to include nicotine in drug tests already given to student-athletes, some as young as seventh graders.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The family of a 17-year-old Texas cheerleader has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a distributor of a popular energy drink, saying the teenager died from an enlarged heart caused by ingesting large amounts of caffeine.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026
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Somewhere within him is the spirit of the patriotic teenager and the careful lower-court judge who rejected any notion of party loyalty or judicial agenda.—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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What went into the decision to obscure the identities of Sam’s underage victims without outright blurring their faces?—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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The records pulled back a curtain on favor-trading and frank communications in a chummy elite that looked past Epstein's 2008 guilty plea to solicitating prostitution from an underage girl in Florida.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Tatum hinted that Everly had inherited her mom and dad’s acting chops, as the tween could be seen getting into character alongside the Blink Twice actor.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
6 Apr. 2026
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Incorporating ThinkSun into her everyday routine is also easy for the tween content creator, despite her active lifestyle.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His adolescent name-calling and desperate need to emblazon his name on multiple sites are cause for national embarrassment.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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For example, research shows that adolescent boys are more susceptible to pressure for risk-taking behaviors than girls.—
Amy Morin,
Parents,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Choose from a big assortment of polish, gift sets, treatments and polish for kids.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The first generation of parents to have resorted, at least occasionally, to mollifying their children by putting digital screens in their hands has now seen those kids grow up.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Preteen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preteen. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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