as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teen
Jason Hale, a resident of Chicago's Hyde Park, told Fox 32 that his car was one of 30 vehicles damaged during a teen takeover in his area.
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Got Talent as a teen in 2011, the Oakland native has contributed to R&B’s evolution through her authenticity and dedication to the craft.
—Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Police sources said the teen had two prior arrests.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
During a police interview, Rodriguez allegedly admitted to multiple encounters with the teen but disputed one of the incidents, the outlets reported.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Got Talent as a teen in 2011, the Oakland native has contributed to R&B’s evolution through her authenticity and dedication to the craft.
—Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Police sources said the teen had two prior arrests.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
During a police interview, Rodriguez allegedly admitted to multiple encounters with the teen but disputed one of the incidents, the outlets reported.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
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Not because of the roving packs of teenagers or even the garish displays of overconsumption, but because mall architecture was high art.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Details are emerging about the arrest of the musician known as D4vd in the 2025 slaying of teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez in Hollywood.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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People packed into cars with their aging relatives and their preteen children.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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When Halle Bailey moved from Georgia to Los Angeles as a wide-eyed preteen nearly 15 years ago, the city felt like a wonderland of possibility.—
Kailyn Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Blaise is the latest work inspired by Planchon’s comic strip following the titular protagonist through his tween years through to adolescence.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
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Berfield — who played Reese, Dewey's older brother — watches the tween get picked on by a group of bullies before turning and smacking them with his bag.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Jesus never talked about children or the elderly and wisely remained a bachelor with no kids but did date casually and was apparently very good-looking.—
John Kenney,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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But the status quo is upended by the arrival of Kyra Marshall (Anika Noni Rose), a woman with young kids who wants a stop sign for safety reasons.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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According to The Times of India, women, youngsters and some elderly people were thought to be in the sheds.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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The youngsters are among the club’s best hitters at the moment.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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He was brought to the center as an adolescent with a broken wing (possibly due to a collision with a car) and can no longer fly properly.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
1 Apr. 2026
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An adolescent with severe menstrual pain and vomiting may first present to a pediatrician.—
Sarah Berg,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
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One person is dead and a juvenile is in critical condition after a Dallas Fire-Rescue unit responding to an emergency call was involved in a major crash Thursday afternoon in southeast Dallas, officials said.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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This includes visas for human trafficking and domestic violence victims and juveniles, as well as several work permits.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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