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teen

noun

Definition of teen

as in teenager

someone who is between 13 and 19 years old

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Recent Examples of teen Meta has launched a new Instagram feature notifying parents if their teen's Meta AI chat indicates self-harm or suicidal ideation. — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off made $70 million at the box office and became an iconic teen film. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026 While prosecutors have not said exactly what happened when Hernandez arrived at Burke’s Hollywood home, an autopsy report published in April showed the teen died of two stab wounds. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children and teens should avoid strenuous activities and keep their activities outdoors brief. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for teen

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Noun

The crowd skewed older, with plenty of fans who appeared decades removed from high school but sang along with the enthusiasm of teenagers.

— Jamie Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
First responders attempted to save his life, but the teenager died at the scene, the Austin Police Department said in a statement.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Definition of teenager

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In 2021, he was accused of molesting two preteen brothers during the early 1970s while serving as choir director at Precious Blood Catholic Church in the Near West Side.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
As for her other public appearances, the preteen is a familiar face at the races alongside her equestrian mother, going to the New Year’s Day racing at Cheltenham and the Aintree Races in recent years.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 13 July 2026

Definition of preteen

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If their goal is to grant access to her particular perspective, then that perspective seems only that of a bored and aloof tween.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026
Though Biggs is making the upgrade from tween to teen room, the content creator is still bunking with her younger sister, Aleia.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of tween

Noun

At the time, Jackson was pop’s fastest-rising star, having bridged the teenybopper mania of the Jackson 5 with mature disco-soul hits on his 1979 solo breakthrough, Off the Wall.

— Greg Poole, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025

Definition of teenybopper

Noun

Their four exhibition games come in the first nine days of camp, so that doesn’t leave a lot of time for experimenting with potential lines or deciding if youngsters like Hunter Haight or Charlie Stramel should make the team.

— Michael Russo, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Neither youngster has been seen on the nonprofit’s two cameras since Thursday.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of youngster

Noun

YouTube comedian Bo Burnham directs this empathetic portrait of Kayla (Elsie Fisher), an insecure adolescent who posts motivational vlogs on YouTube while privately struggling with her self-image and burgeoning sexuality.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
But for children and adolescents whose bodies and skeletons are still growing, specialized pediatric orthopedic care is critical.

— JP Shaffer, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026

Definition of adolescent

Noun

One of the first incidents that year was a brawl involving about 50 juveniles, police at the time said, with a gunshot heard later that night, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
This investigation remains active as detectives continue efforts to determine whether the juvenile or others may be connected to additional incidents.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026

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