teenage

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Definition of teenagenext

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Recent Examples of teenage The Perfect Pasta Partnership for Busy Parents As a parent of two very active teenage daughters, dinner is always an afterthought or on the go. Sari Hitchins, Parents, 5 Feb. 2026 Highlights in the exhibition will include a recreation of Nigo’s teenage bedroom, rare and early-era Bape designs, ceramics hand-thrown by the designer himself, and a life-size glass tea house made for the exhibition, to name a few. Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026 Investigators originally believed the teenage victim shot herself, but later identified Jasirr Simmons as a suspect in her death, police said. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2026 Daycare Rochelle moved to Texas years ago to give her teenage son a fresh start, to remove him from the friends pulling him into drug use. Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teenage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenage
Adjective
  • Over the years, Joseph's family sent his dental and medical records to states where unidentified bodies of young boys and young men were found, the Northwest Times of Indiana reported in 2019.
    Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Same-store sales soared 7% for the quarter as its consistent release of new menu items lured in a variety of people, including high-income consumers, younger eaters and families.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • He was accused of inappropriately touching or taking an unusual interest in at least seven preteen students within a three-year period working within District 203, though Naperville police at the time said no complaints had been filed locally.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • With a biting script by Tina Fey, the film fearlessly explores the dark side of the early aughts adolescent social scene.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The teen recently spent a day at a major tech company that is working to shape the future of adolescent technology.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Getting forced to play little league baseball is about as emo as youthful tribulations get.
    Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Korinek is youthful and slender, with delicate wire-frame glasses and a faintly red beard.
    Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Epstein later pleaded guilty to Florida state charges in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, in exchange for avoiding federal criminal prosecution.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But among the newsletters are correspondence between Musk, Epstein and Epstein’s friend Boris Nikolic between 2012 and 2015, years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl in Florida.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Aside from the three fatalities, four people were hospitalized including two men, both 35, who were in critical condition, and two other men, 37 and 38, who sustained minor injuries, according to the fire department.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Of the more than 70,000 people currently in immigration detention facilities, only about 25% of them have any kind of criminal conviction, which can include traffic violations and other minor offenses, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which tracks detention data.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The outreach has to happen prior to these type of juvenile antics.
    Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • In October, a juvenile wolf from the Beyem Seyo pack in Sierra County was shot to death by a CDFW officer who mistook it for one of three adult animals that had been preying on cattle from local ranches.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 11 Feb. 2026.

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