as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teen
Video footage captured by Baldes and shared by the outlet shows the rescue operation, with the teens helping the group down the snowy ridge as one held onto their dog.
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Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Kaltex’s Betancur sees teens gravitating more toward rigid jeans, while Rajesh Gupta, creative director of Arvind Limited’s denim division, sees younger shoppers going for comfort stretch and more mature customers opting for higher stretch.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
The incident happened on Sunday when the two teens were riding on a sled being pulled by a Jeep Wrangler driven by another teen.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Temperatures are expected to fall o the mid-teens overnight.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
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Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Kaltex’s Betancur sees teens gravitating more toward rigid jeans, while Rajesh Gupta, creative director of Arvind Limited’s denim division, sees younger shoppers going for comfort stretch and more mature customers opting for higher stretch.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
The incident happened on Sunday when the two teens were riding on a sled being pulled by a Jeep Wrangler driven by another teen.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Temperatures are expected to fall o the mid-teens overnight.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
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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
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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
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Officer history The officer who patted down the preteen in February 2024 is Ofc.—
Carol Thompson,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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The preteen took control of the steering wheel and guided their vehicle onto grass to stop it before immediately calling emergency personnel for assistance.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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Keep reading for more tween-focused Black history activities.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2026
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Another truth that parents realize when their kids hit the ‘tween years is that conversation flows better when there is a distraction, especially one that allows talking without constant eye contact.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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That money is reserved for kids who live in ZIP codes with a median family income of $150,000 or less and who won't get the $1,000 seed money from the Treasury.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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But the dead kid’s eyes held her to the corner of 110th.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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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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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
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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
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Choose the one that works best for your adolescent.—
Dr. Theresa T. Nguyen,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Driscoll’s workbook on mental health care for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes also walks through various strategies, including communication and problem-solving skills.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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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
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In addition, one juvenile was rushed by medical helicopter to a trauma center with critical injuries.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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