teenage

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Recent Examples of teenage The teenage bystander was not seriously injured and has been released from a hospital, ABC News reported. ABC News, 6 May 2026 After his teenage son goes missing, Daniel combs the depths of the Vistula River day and night, caught in a grueling, endless routine and torn between the dread of a fatal leap and the fragile hope that his son may still be alive. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026 While speaking to La La Anthony during Vogue's livestream, Kidman said that her teenage daughter would have to attend school early the next morning. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026 As Molina learned, the collection belonged to the late Julia Juarez, a member of the Rhythm-Aires, a trio of teenage Chicanas from Azusa who threw parties in the early ’50s. Oliver Wang, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for teenage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenage
Adjective
  • And there was going to be an awful lot of emotional resonance and relatability with today’s generation of young women with Mary Bennet, more so than there would be [with Elizabeth Bennet.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 May 2026
  • Men are more positive than women, and young people much more positive than their parents.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
Adjective
  • People packed into cars with their aging relatives and their preteen children.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The research team found the highest PFAS concentrations when participants were age 3, which were associated with higher bone density at age 12, Buckley said — contrasting with the finding of lower adolescent bone density when the children had high PFAS levels closer to the preteen years.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • What supports adolescent contribution?
    Jen Agans, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
  • For any adolescent, a private bedroom is both sanctuary and mood board.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Adjective
  • Some youngsters, like McCall Elementary School fifth grader Camila Garcia, were both youthful celebrants and feting other children at the same time.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • As the Panthers prepare to defend their NFC South crown, the veterans on the roster might need to prepare for some youthful competition.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Well…don’t sleep with underage people?
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Determining how the teen died took time, and after months of additional investigation, prosecutors announced charges against D4vd that allege her murder was a premeditated attempt to keep her from ruining his music career by exposing their underage relationship.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • After seeking out a nearby fishmonger and calculating what this ingredient would cost me (a precious $30 per pound), I was left with a minor headache.
    Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 May 2026
  • Richards opened the season in Philadelphia’s minor-league system, made nine appearances at the Triple-A level, was called up to the parent club on April 30 and pitched twice for the Phillies before he was traded to the Sox on Tuesday.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Adjective
  • In general, juvenile crimes are more often committed with others, and images of roaming throngs of teens has an outsized presence in media and in the public’s amygdala.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
  • When officers arrived at the scene, a juvenile boy was being loaded into an ambulance.
    Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 12 May. 2026.

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