teenage

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Recent Examples of teenage In an intriguing turn of events, teenage starlet Estevao will be free to line up against his future employers on Friday when Palmeiras play Chelsea in their Club World Cup quarter-final fixture. Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 June 2025 One person is dead and three people are wounded, including a teenage girl, following a drive-by shooting in Trenton, N.J. Thursday night. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025 Trump has targeted individual transgender teenage athletes on social media, while his government has cut funding for HIV research and prevention worldwide. Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025 Authorities said the altercation began after a security guard confronted Berry and a teenage girl for vaping on a bus. Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for teenage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenage
Adjective
  • The core group of young professionals, both men and women aged 25-35, is joined by the next gen category of those age 18-24, now about a quarter of the business.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Los Angeles is getting a young piece that could improve quite a bit over the next two years.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • The preteen skier, whom The Denver Post is not identifying, said Hedges groped and assaulted him after the boy laid down to sleep.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 23 June 2025
  • Eli Mintz, a Yiddish-theatre star, played Uncle David with a high, wheedling voice, his hands a blur of gesticulation, and the Goldberg children were portrayed by Gentile actors, including the endearing Arlene (Fuzzy) McQuade as the preteen Rosalie, a studious girl with a sleek bob.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Injury and burnout were adult problems, far from my adolescent horizon.
    Ellen O'Connell Whittet June 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
  • Katie Hurley, a child and adolescent psychotherapist and senior clinical advisor for The Jed Foundation, encourages parents to read the labels of any supplements or protein powders their sons are currently using or interested in trying.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sharp, who is signed to the Nashville office of Prescription Songs as a songwriter, delivered a youthful interpretation of the intersection of blues, country, folk, R&B, rock and soul.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 6 July 2025
  • At one point, she was accompanied by Jane Seymour, who, like Graham, proudly flaunted her youthful figure in a baby blue and coral one-piece.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • Further, Dixon claims Cartagena had multiple underage victims, in addition to the 16-year-old.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 20 June 2025
  • Wondering if your child can stay home with an older sibling or underage babysitter?
    Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • At the hospital, Knight was treated for minor injuries and released while Shakur was listed in critical condition.
    Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
  • Consumer prices were absolutely stable on average from 1800 to 1913, dispensing with minor yearly variation, and there was no income tax.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Chief among these concerns are the misguided beliefs by some supporting the passage of legislation aimed at ensuring juvenile crimes start in the juvenile system, including heinous acts such as murder and rape.
    Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2025
  • Sharks don’t seek out humans and most incidents are cases of mistaken identity – including by juvenile sharks that fail to distinguish between humans and their prey, shark researchers have told CNN.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 June 2025

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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