as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Known for its sexy, subversive storylines and dialogue, the movie was a standout among the teen comedies and dramas of the '90s, many of which were based on literary works.
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Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
The Vampire Diaries Supernatural setting plus gorgeous teens plus tons of angst?
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Lower courts sided with both Hecox and a West Virginia transgender teen who challenged her state’s ban.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Task is especially generous with its children and teens, allowing their faces to take up the frame, as Ruffalo’s and Pelphrey’s do, and their yearnings and fears to be voiced honestly and sincerely, as Tom’s and Robbie’s are.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
The Vampire Diaries Supernatural setting plus gorgeous teens plus tons of angst?
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Lower courts sided with both Hecox and a West Virginia transgender teen who challenged her state’s ban.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Task is especially generous with its children and teens, allowing their faces to take up the frame, as Ruffalo’s and Pelphrey’s do, and their yearnings and fears to be voiced honestly and sincerely, as Tom’s and Robbie’s are.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
Noun
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The teenager’s death comes amid a rise in the number of dog attacks in NSW, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The satire, sci-fi, and body horror movie follows a Chinese-American teenager (Shirley Chen), who, feeling insecure about her race, takes a drastic step that causes a chain reaction throughout her own and her family’s lives.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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The second photo was a throwback to when Ricki was a preteen.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Hundreds of users commented on the clip who were impressed by the preteen looking out for his little sister.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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The sweet tween series has already been renewed for a third season.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the center of tween-longing was a little store called Claire's.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
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The photos of her kids come shortly after Stormi filmed her first commercial alongside her mom for Kylie Cosmetics.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Expect sing-alongs, dances, interactive crafts and 10 enchanting performances designed to captivate kids and parents alike.—
Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 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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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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But Solnhofen only holds youngsters, and the fossils are in pristine condition.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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Children playing side by side Dearmore added that neurotypical children often play alongside special needs youngsters on the playground.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Children and adolescents ages 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not immunized before, according to the guidance.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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Only the delicate juveniles were preserved.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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Pirro noted that Lucas and Thomas, though juveniles, have prior violent records in family court.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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