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Recent Examples of teenage
What would be your message to the teenage girls growing up right now in Ukraine, Palestine and other war zones?
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Roberto Prieto, Variety, 14 May 2026
There are two teenage boys in the film, Haruki (Waku Kawaguchi) and Keita (Kiyora Fuiwara), whose inchoate erotic feelings for one another, a love that can still barely say its name in provincial Japan, forms a subplot here.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Hilda is Mal’s favorite character in The Sims, and Mal keeps spending time with her because Mal is in the midst of a classic period of teenage retreat from the self.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Volpe was referring to his and the Royals superstar’s time as teenaged teammates on Team USA.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
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Roberto Prieto, Variety, 14 May 2026
There are two teenage boys in the film, Haruki (Waku Kawaguchi) and Keita (Kiyora Fuiwara), whose inchoate erotic feelings for one another, a love that can still barely say its name in provincial Japan, forms a subplot here.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Hilda is Mal’s favorite character in The Sims, and Mal keeps spending time with her because Mal is in the midst of a classic period of teenage retreat from the self.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Volpe was referring to his and the Royals superstar’s time as teenaged teammates on Team USA.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenage
Adjective
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The Modernist is friendly, drawing a mostly millennial mix of young families, gay couples, and girls trips.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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In all, through injuries and midweek rest for veterans, Varas started five players who are 20 or younger.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Kaylee isn't the only preteen to have made the news for selling lemonade in recent days.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
7 May 2026
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People packed into cars with their aging relatives and their preteen children.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The film follows Dudley, an adolescent frog desperate to break free from the iron grip of his father Arthur, the mayor of frog town.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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But the idea at the heart of Curry Barker’s new horror film, Obsession, has an endearingly adolescent, back-to-basics simplicity.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The three years of maturation soften the raw cane character while preserving a bright, youthful profile.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Most accounts of the era blame greed—a new ethic of cupidity that displaced whatever youthful idealism remained from the 1960s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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For those not so in tune with the underage stars, his emergence appears to have come in recent months.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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Children aged 13, 14 and 15 years old may only ride in accordance with its policy that restricts online ticket purchases for unaccompanied minors and limits the number of underage passengers per train.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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While minor, the crashes point to challenges in object recognition and spatial awareness, particularly in complex parking or tight urban environments.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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The Porter County Election Board worked through some minor kinks with the county’s new voting equipment during the election certification at noon on Friday in the tabulation room of the Elections & Registration Office.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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The juvenile bear’s wander across campus late Thursday and early Friday prompted an advisory to students and a search by UC Davis police and wardens from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as well as Yolo County Animal Control.—
Allison Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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Over the last 20 years, scientists have documented an increasing number of juvenile great white sharks cruising waters off Southern California beaches.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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There’s also a growing crop of youngish skippers who made the managerial turn quite quickly after their playing days.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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