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Recent Examples of teenage
While no sparks flew between them at the time, a teenage Diana made an impression on a then-28-year-old Charles.
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
After haranguing the receptionist, he was eventually granted a 15-minute audience with Fujita, who advised his teenage devotee to focus on future technologies like computers.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
His early screen work included a small part as George Clooney’s teenage son in Syriana.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Orlando police arrested a teenage suspect on Monday in a recent shooting outside a Parramore restaurant that authorities now say stemmed from gang violence.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
After haranguing the receptionist, he was eventually granted a 15-minute audience with Fujita, who advised his teenage devotee to focus on future technologies like computers.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
His early screen work included a small part as George Clooney’s teenage son in Syriana.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Orlando police arrested a teenage suspect on Monday in a recent shooting outside a Parramore restaurant that authorities now say stemmed from gang violence.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenage
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These are the growing number of young men who are dropouts, do not work or have meaningful or fulfilling jobs, do not marry, have no children, few friends, and live in the basement of their parents’ home.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Gentry Academy is a young program, which earned its own championship — in Class A — in its lone state appearance in 2021.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
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Haynes, who has lived in South Florida since 1993 and trained in child and adolescent trauma after Hurricane Andrew, said resilience is as much a part of the Iranian story as suffering.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2026
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Derry Girls, which followed teens in McGee’s native Derry in the years preceding 1998’s Good Friday Agreement, was a raucous, joke-dense show that juxtaposed mundane adolescent rites of passage with the daily horrors of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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After the war, jackets began to be worn for reasons of style rather than utility, spurred on by a wave of films like 1953’s The Wild One, in which Marlon Brando turned the leather motorcycle jacket into the ultimate symbol of youthful rebellion.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
2 Mar. 2026
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Intergenerational collaboration—combining youthful experimentation with seasoned judgment—creates resilience.—
Klaus Schwab,
Time,
1 Mar. 2026
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During the interrogation, both Clintons denied any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes prior to his pleading guilty in 2008 to state charges in Florida for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2026
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The complaint contends that officials failed to enforce the student conduct code dealing with underage drinking parties at Carriage House and did not take the proper steps to curb or prevent the large parties that had become synonymous with Spring Weekend.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
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The driver of the GMC and a passenger were transported to Tahoe Forest Hospital with minor injuries, the CHP said.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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To the Guggenheim Partners owners, who bought the Lakers at a $10 billion valuation as an aside last year, these are minor matters.—
Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Feb. 2026
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In this case, the teen will remain in juvenile detention for around 18 to 30 months.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Sheriff Garry McFadden will not put forward a budget request to the county to reopen Charlotte’s former juvenile jail, according to emails between County Manager Mike Bryant and a state official.—
Ryan Oehrli
February 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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Americans, especially ones who were youngish and worked on computers, were toting green paper bags around coastal cities (and later, smaller towns and non-coastal cities) en masse.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Lions graduated several standout players from last season’s team, but Lions coach Erik Kirsch likes the potential of this season’s youngish group.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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