subteen

Definition of subteennext

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Noun
  • The mark also set a record for most points by a teenager in NBA history, surpassing Cliff Robinson’s 45 points scored on March 9, 1980 — the same year Norm Sonju co-founded the Mavericks and just one year before the franchise drafted Aguirre with the first overall pick in 1981.
    Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But one recent prospect ranking dropped an Elly comparison onto a teenager buried deep in the Phillies’ farm system.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • She and another teen were caught allegedly stealing motorcycles.
    Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Instagram in 2024 launched teen accounts that place limits on what users can see, who can message and interact with them, and enable parents to exercise more control over their teens' social media use.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Yet, on a warm fall afternoon, while playing hide-and-seek with other kids in her mother's yard, the petite 6-year-old girl wearing a sundress vanished.
    Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Over the period from 2002 to 2021, global aid helped reduce child mortality by 39% for kids under 5.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The aquarium subsequently built its Penguin Pavilion, and several chicks have hatched since their introduction to the facility.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Little Mu Hee doesn’t want the cake though, because the chicks died after eating it, as did Dad.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Four suspects have been arrested, including two juveniles, the Surry County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday in a case update.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In addition, one juvenile was rushed by medical helicopter to a trauma center with critical injuries.
    Alan Gionet, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Namely, a mix of the aforementioned youngsters from all parts of the world, combined with group of experienced campaigners to guide them, because players proven at the top level in their mid to late twenties are not generally within Brighton’s spending capacity.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Seeing the rocket take off and watching the boosters and Orion module detach is awesome, and a great educational tool to explain how the actual SLS functions to curious youngsters.
    Ian Stokes, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Third row seats are best left for rug rats, or folded.
    cleveland, cleveland, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Your standard maternal protagonist is not dropping a trail of pacifiers behind her, swilling goblets of red wine the minute her rug rats are in bed, and secretly vaping in the linen closet?
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 14 May 2018
Noun
  • The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The multimedia exposure drew the adoration of the era’s teenyboppers, who raced to spend their allowance money on T-shirts, lunch boxes and magazines featuring the face of Bubblegum Bobby, as he was known.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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“Subteen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subteen. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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