teenage

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Recent Examples of teenage Gary Police work with FBI to investigate teenage girl’s disappearance, offer $20K for information For Dalia Guerrero, a new update in the investigation to find her granddaughter gives her hope. Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025 Ava Tharpe is a teenage girl who suffers from serious disabilities caused by a rare form of epilepsy. Nina Totenberg, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025 McMillan, who spent his teenage years in Southern California, is the fourth wideout the franchise has selected in the top 60 picks within the past five drafts. Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2025 About 'The Legend of Ochi' In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy teenage farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as the Ochi. Devonne Goode, Parents, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teenage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenage
Adjective
  • Art Across Boundaries Since a young age, Yi Ming has been passionate about the power the visual arts possess to transcend not only philosophical and disciplinary boundaries, but also cultural and national borders.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • That film put a predator in the usual antagonist role, and had a historical setting, following a young Native American woman who went up against it.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • After all, the preteen style icon never shied away from pattern or rewearing her favorite pieces (IYKYK).
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Zaire, now 23, thinks the diary was crucial in helping him through his preteen years.
    D. Watkins, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Starring Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney as the sparring, intellectual parents to two adolescent sons (Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline), The Squid and the Whale responds to some of Baumbach’s own experiences as a product of divorce in the 1980s.
    Marley Marius, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
  • One of the main jobs of the adolescent human is to pull away from their parents in preparation for adulthood.
    Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • However, the optimal balance lies in blending this youthful energy and tech fluency with seasoned wisdom.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • On his latest project, Sir Too $hort Vol. 1 (Freaky Tales), his new records carry a youthful urgency, and include plenty of pockets where Short still raps like the rent is due.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • According to police, marijuana use, underage drinking and fights were seen at the party.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In October 2014, TMZ obtained an audio recording of Collins allegedly confessing in a 2012 joint therapy session with then-wife Faye Grant to molesting underage girls.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Three have been discharged, including two who sustained minor injuries while responding to the scene.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
  • The toddlers had suffered puncture wounds and lacerations to their arms and legs, while an 18-year-old woman also had a minor injury to her arm, the release stated.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • Both Mike and Harriet were juvenile commissioners assigned by the city of San Francisco to mentor boys and girls.
    Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley, CBS News, 4 May 2025
  • The shipwreck was discovered in 2006, and the researchers said the remains of an adult and juvenile cat were found in the wreckage.
    Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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