as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teen
In one case, two teens have been arrested and charged with smash-and-grab burglaries that targeted gas stations and convenience stores.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Watching the teen go on after Joel’s horrific death in last week’s episode is a new and different sort of awful.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 27 Apr. 2025
With his experience consulting with families in California, Ulin says that about 20% of teens in the state attend college in cities like Boston, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The teen ultimately did get a heads-up about her family’s impending arrival and gave her boyfriend her gun for protection, police reportedly said.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Watching the teen go on after Joel’s horrific death in last week’s episode is a new and different sort of awful.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 27 Apr. 2025
With his experience consulting with families in California, Ulin says that about 20% of teens in the state attend college in cities like Boston, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The teen ultimately did get a heads-up about her family’s impending arrival and gave her boyfriend her gun for protection, police reportedly said.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
Noun
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Two more red cards, in the German third tier as a teenager for Stuttgart’s second team, did not help how people judged Rudiger.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Some had been members of the Hitler Youth as teenagers, while others had served as medical assistants in the German army.—
Peter Nguyen,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2025
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The preteen enjoyed a fun outing at the Coachella Music Festival with Dewan and her fiancé, Steve Kazee, earlier this month.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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While these chaotic videos of preteens taking over Sephora have come to represent how young girls experience the beauty industry, not all are interested in what's popular on TikTok.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
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Just remember that for many tweens, Italian Brainrot offers a way to play with language, test boundaries, and bond with friends.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
1 May 2025
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Behind the shiny-happy presentation of children, tweens and teens is a mostly-unregulated environment that can bend (if not completely breaks) child labor laws, enable online predators and create unknown damage to the psyche of developing brains.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2025
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As a kid, my fondest wish was to take up less space in the world.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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The park also has a massive wave pool, a smaller pool for boogie boarding, and a surf simulator as well as several splash zones for kids.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Bed-rotting while watching Grey’s Anatomy, routinely taking breaks between hospital shootings and plane crashes, is a much different experience from devouring eight episodes of a teenybopper show in one sitting.—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them,
27 Jan. 2025
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Related Video Emma Roberts’s Tote and Purse are Filled With All Her Summer Essentials–Plus a Sweet Treat Beyond their teenybopper appeal, charm bracelets have a storied history in luxury fashion.—
Alice Cary,
Vogue,
12 Aug. 2024
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Rucci is a youngster who impressed as an undrafted rookie last camp, and will get a continued look during the offseason program.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2025
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Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts is watching the youngster’s progress.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Only 61 percent of adolescents are up to date on all HPV vaccines.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2025
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For the first time since 2019 strikingly there were fatal overdose reports in adolescents between the ages of 10-14.—
Dr. Yifrah Kaminer,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2025
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In a 5-0 decision, Justice Derek Molter wrote that the court allowed Kelly to amend an appeal, partly because the scientific understanding of how a juvenile’s brain works has since changed.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2025
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His other arrests include menacing and marijuana possession in 2009, grand larceny in 2008 and a 2005 bust for assault as a juvenile.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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