teenage

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Recent Examples of teenage The six jurors in George Pino’s vessel-homicide and manslaughter trial took a road trip to North Miami on Thursday morning to view his boat, which was wrecked in the crash that killed a teenage girl and severely injured two others. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026 Difficult teenage years with lots of poor decisions and rebellious behavior. Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026 Competing tales about the origins of kugelhopf variously feature the three magi, battles at the gates of Vienna and a teenaged Marie Antoinette. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 During the weeklong trial, the teenage boy testified that Roberts flirted with him by the pool before kissing him and later taking him upstairs. Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for teenage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenage
Adjective
  • For young travelers, Paintbox and Paintbox Petite are the resort’s exclusive clubs for children ages 5 to 12 and 2 to 5.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
  • Big surf from a previous swell contributed to a drowning Saturday off Dana Point and, on Wednesday afternoon, the search continued for a young girl swept off the sand Tuesday evening in Laguna Beach.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 11 June 2026
Adjective
  • The main structuring absence in the film is Pansy (Deborah Mailman) and her distance from her two preteen children, Max (Hazel May Jackson) and Kid (Eli Hart).
    Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
  • And Sabrina is sort of the Olivia Rodrigo of the past year as far as the preteen girl following and even older than that, going into 20-something-year-old women.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Women with thyroid disorders or a history of disordered eating should consult a clinician first, as should pregnant or breastfeeding women, adolescent girls and those under high chronic stress.
    Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
  • Women with thyroid disorders, a history of disordered eating, high chronic stress, adolescent girls and anyone pregnant or breastfeeding should consult a clinician before starting.
    Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • That youthful pattern showed up elsewhere in her biology.
    Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
  • Her cells backed up the youthful gut.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • All the girls on the boat were underage.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
  • Smartphone location tracking can help parents gain a little peace of mind about the whereabouts of their underage children — and some families may even make its use mandatory for their kids.
    Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • Earlier in the year, Edwards dealt with a minor setback, which forced him to miss a handful of games early on.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • For those who had been convicted in the past, the data doesn't distinguish between minor offenses and violent crimes.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • In 1956, Robert Heinlein published his juvenile novel Time for the Stars, which is about twin brothers, one of whom goes on a voyage to the stars while the other remains on Earth.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Dec. 2025
  • But solutions to the problem are debated among Tarrant County officials and juvenile justice advocates.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • The first of these—a cult favorite among writers, particularly youngish women writers—put Lemann on the map as a singular stylist, capable of crystalline insights into the miscreants and oddballs of the American South and great bursts of unrestrained sentiment.
    Brandy Jensen, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The Sox no longer have a David Ortiz or Mookie Betts — or even an Alex Bregman, whose leadership was so important to this youngish bunch last season.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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