preteen-ager

Definition of preteen-agernext

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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Like the show, in real life Alex also struggled with the grief and trauma of losing his mother and was often angry with his father as a preteen.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Many royal expert suspect that the preteen will follow in the footsteps of his father and his uncle Prince Harry by enrolling at Eton College.
    Emma Banks, InStyle, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • The younger Iannaccone started as a youngster breading chicken cutlets and baking cookies with his grandmother, then worked with his dad.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
  • As these 50 million or so American youngsters (about 2 billion globally) begin to make their mark on the culture, Is your marketing department at least as savvy as an 8th grader?
    Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Three adults, as well as three juveniles, faced multiple criminal charges in the shooting.
    Ben Wheeler June 12, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
  • The teen received an adult designation, which allows the judge to sentence the teen as a juvenile or an adult, or to allow rehabilitation before implementing an adult sentence.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Your tween probably can't get enough of them, and often they are sold out in stores.
    Parents, Parents, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • The San Francisco Zoo recently welcomed three Magellanic penguin chicks, the first successful hatching of these South American birds at the zoo in three years.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 June 2026
  • It’s also made of eco-friendly bamboo and predator-proof to keep your birds safe until every chick is ready to take their first flight.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
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“Preteen-ager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preteen-ager. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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