teenage

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Recent Examples of teenage In early workshops of the show, she was originally cast as Trisha, a teenage Boop superfan now portrayed by actress Angelica Hale. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 May 2025 Still, this sympathetic love letter to teenage misfits everywhere wouldn't work without Spacek's wide-eyed vulnerability and King's deep understanding of the humiliations of adolescence and popularity that every teen knows all too well. EW.com, 23 May 2025 Kidman shares her teenage daughters, Faith, 14, and Sunday Rose, 16, with husband Keith Urban, and daughter Bella, 32, and son Connor, 30, with ex Tom Cruise. Hannah Sacks, People.com, 22 May 2025 Though the film underperformed with critics and at the box office at the time, it’s become a favorite for a generation of dancers, dance fans and current and former teenage girls. Victoria Edel, People.com, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for teenage
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Adjective
  • Kruger had been an Akin superfan ever since his breakout Head-On — a gritty, violent love story about a young German-Turkish woman trying to break free of her religious, restrictive family — which won Berlin’s Golden Bear in 2004.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
  • For much younger kids, Little Passports has an Early Explorers box ($20/month) aimed at children as young as 3.
    Adrienne So, Wired News, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • An older woman describes her video of her four-year-old and preteen daughters playing in the street.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025
  • Trachtenberg was best known in her younger years for her breakout as the titular preteen lead in the 1996 movie adaptation of Louise Fitzhugh's children's novel Harriet the Spy as well as stints on the Nickelodeon sitcom The Adventures of Pete & Pete and the soap opera All My Children.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • One of a handful of practicing physicians in the state legislature, Weber Pierson is leaning heavily on her experience as a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist who treats children with reproductive birth defects — one of only two in Southern California.
    Kaiser Health News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
  • The teenage triggerman was aiming at an adolescent rival who had punched him moments earlier, police said.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • This bit of Broadway excellence (a product of its time, of course) is being produced in intimate fashion by the Blank Theatre Company, which has cast the show mostly with youthful actors, all of whom throw themselves at the material with much exuberance.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
  • At 34 years old, Stockman's youthful assurance and irreverence for sacred cows of all kinds soon upset many of his former colleagues on the Hill.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • Their five underage children were all placed in protective care.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • Kain declined to offer any details on the underage gamer who reported the threat, but said he and his parents were told they were invited to visit Tehama County to be recognized.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • In some cases, lawyers said students had their legal statuses altered for minor traffic violations, such as unpaid parking tickets.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Nina and Jim are forced to work overtime to re-center key story components that get lost amid more minor twists and turns.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • McManus said the boy is also facing charges of terrorism and is currently being held at a local juvenile detention facility.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 15 May 2025
  • The three juvenile suspects are also charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and second-degree burglary.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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