as in teen
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
Their daughter is a teenager. The show is very popular among teenagers.
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Recent Examples of teenager
Levy Dalton, the doctor who treated Dantas, said the teenager had been bitten on the right thigh, before suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest.
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Authorities confirmed at least six people were injured Wednesday after a shooting broke out during a teenager's funeral in Ferguson, Missouri.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The teenager eventually got out of the vehicle and ran before being detained by an officer shortly after.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
The teenagers were gone, but there might be a mourner.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Authorities confirmed at least six people were injured Wednesday after a shooting broke out during a teenager's funeral in Ferguson, Missouri.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The teenager eventually got out of the vehicle and ran before being detained by an officer shortly after.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
The teenagers were gone, but there might be a mourner.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenager
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Temperatures will bottom out in the lower teens Friday and Saturday nights in Little Rock, said Hood.—
Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The teen’s family identified her as Grace Brito.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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That money is reserved for kids who live in ZIP codes with a median family income of $150,000 or less and who won't get the $1,000 seed money from the Treasury.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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But the dead kid’s eyes held her to the corner of 110th.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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According to Kendall Seymour, the father of three of the children, the family did not realize the kids were missing until days after they had already been taken overseas.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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These and other groceries would be distributed to families who’d been too afraid to send their children to school in the weeks since an influx of agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement began operations in the city, in December.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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As a showcase of youth innovation, future artificial intelligence technology took center stage in Rancho Cordova with students showing off their bots.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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His free youth football camp has served more than 3,300 kids over 11 years.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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In 2019, Andrew told BBC's Newsnight that the purpose of his 2010 visit had been to tell Epstein in person that their friendship was over following Epstein's conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The head-to-head contact looked to be accidental, and Michkov was given a two-minute minor for interference on the play.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Two people were killed and two others, including a toddler, were injured in a wrong-way crash in Totowa, New Jersey, earlier this week.—
Adi Guajardo,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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So Xezal would bring either of her toddlers, the youngest having yet to speak her first word, to sit late into the night listening to Rafiq and his friends recite the effect of circulation time on the magnitude of capital advanced.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Teenager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenager. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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