as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teen
Anthony may first settle into seasons of roughly 18-22 homers with mid-teens steals before any full breakout, meaning current drafters are paying for future peak production rather than present skills.
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Derek Vanriper, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has launched an investigation into Roblox, a popular online gaming and chat platform used by millions of children and teens, to determine whether the company is violating state consumer protection laws and putting young users at risk.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
As night falls, the resort transitions to a teen hangout.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026
Junior Achievement surveyed more than 1,000 teens between the ages of 13 and 18 in January.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
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Derek Vanriper, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has launched an investigation into Roblox, a popular online gaming and chat platform used by millions of children and teens, to determine whether the company is violating state consumer protection laws and putting young users at risk.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
As night falls, the resort transitions to a teen hangout.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026
Junior Achievement surveyed more than 1,000 teens between the ages of 13 and 18 in January.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
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As the game entered stoppage time, the algorithm was on course for a rare correct scoreline, but then Wolves teenager Tom Edozie struck and Arsenal substitute Riccardo Calafiori could only divert the ball into the net, blowing the title race wide open.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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In the 2010s, the Daily Mail published an archive photo Giuffre took with Andrew and his longtime associate, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, as a teenager.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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As a preteen, Penelope met people online through the gaming site Roblox, which Sokolowski sought to monitor.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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The man set to become one of the world’s youngest artificial intelligence billionaires started his entrepreneurial journey as a bored preteen living in Los Angeles.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Maybe your tween is now definitely a teen, and what worked in the past is not quite as effective today.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
9 Feb. 2026
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That transition is likely one of the reasons Welch spent the night surrounded by people eager to get a word in—though the rangy scribe was often seen looking over the heads of his hangers-on, trying to catch the eye of his tween nephew, who noted that this was his first-ever fashion show.—
Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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The kids couldn’t receive direct messages from non-followers and algorithms would be adjusted so they couldn’t be targeted by specific advertisements.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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School nutrition staff and vendors use the event to test new recipes and get feedback from the very kids who will be eating them.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
18 Feb. 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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Featuring a slide, oversized graphics and places for the coat and shoes of youngsters, the glassed-in two-level play space at Brown’s restaurant will be among the largest of Chick-fil-A restaurants in the Indianapolis area.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Giants’ 3-4-5 in the rotation is Mahle, Houser, and a youngster — probably Landen Roupp.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Unfolding in 1870s Oxford and venturing abroad, the series will expose the early antics of the anarchic adolescent who is yet to evolve into Baker Street’s most renowned resident.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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People who support keeping gender-affirming surgery available to adolescents often point to the high rates of cisgender young people who receive analogous surgeries like breast reductions.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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Investigators said a majority of the juveniles were victimized over social media, including TikTok and Snapchat.—
Brittany Kubicko,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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Bringing juveniles back into Mecklenburg County keeps young people closer to their families, support systems, and community resources, which matters for both accountability and rehabilitation.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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