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
When officers arrived, the teenagers fled but were later caught and arrested.
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Louis Casiano , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Flagg scored 32 points to extend his NBA record for consecutive games with at least 30 points by a teenager.
—CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
In June 2015, Doe, then a teenager, climbed over the compound’s wrought-iron fence and ran into the Arizona desert, where a former member was waiting to pick her up and take her to safety.
—Jane Borden, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2026
So Flagg, albeit a teenager, is The Man now and for the foreseeable future.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Louis Casiano , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Flagg scored 32 points to extend his NBA record for consecutive games with at least 30 points by a teenager.
—CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
In June 2015, Doe, then a teenager, climbed over the compound’s wrought-iron fence and ran into the Arizona desert, where a former member was waiting to pick her up and take her to safety.
—Jane Borden, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2026
So Flagg, albeit a teenager, is The Man now and for the foreseeable future.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenager
Noun
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She and another teen were caught allegedly stealing motorcycles.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instagram in 2024 launched teen accounts that place limits on what users can see, who can message and interact with them, and enable parents to exercise more control over their teens' social media use.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Yet, on a warm fall afternoon, while playing hide-and-seek with other kids in her mother's yard, the petite 6-year-old girl wearing a sundress vanished.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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Over the period from 2002 to 2021, global aid helped reduce child mortality by 39% for kids under 5.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Kouri Richins, a Utah children’s book author and mother of three, is charged with murdering her husband, Eric Richins, in a case that has drawn intense scrutiny and widespread media attention.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Jon Ruben, a 76-year-old retired British veterinarian, was sentenced to 23 years and 10 months in prison on charges of child abuse after drugging boys with sedative-laden candy last year at a summer camp in England.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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Obesity, too, continues to be a rising concern, impacting 28% of the country’s youth and 50% of adults.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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To Spoelstra the approach remains that youth will be served when deserved, and even then not at the cost of one more victory, even amid the seemingly inescapable reality of a fourth consecutive trip to the play-in round.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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In response to concerns from the Deaf community regarding sign language, Voss told Mirror Indy that Butler offers ASL as a foreign language for undergraduate students and is adding an ASL minor, which will also be launching in the fall.—
Claire Rafford,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
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The proposal would also limit the accounts that minors can receive messages from, and block notifications on a minor’s account during certain times of day.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2026
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That’s a communication disorder that develops when kids don’t have consistent access to a language — whether ASL or English — as babies and toddlers.—
Claire Rafford,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
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Johnece and Neal divorced back when Connor was a toddler.—
Stephanie Slifer,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Teenager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenager. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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