teenagers

plural of teenager

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Recent Examples of teenagers Meanwhile, Meta has faced lawsuits alleging that its platforms contribute to harmful experiences for children and teenagers. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026 Hip-hop music blasted over a portable speaker while half-a-dozen teenagers practiced their best breakdancing moves in Senagal's capital Dakar. — Ricci Shryock, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026 Friends had signed record deals as teenagers, only for their careers to fizzle by their early 20s. — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026 Four years later, local teenagers start going missing, and a recluse whose house is slated for demolition is forced to leave his solitary life behind as a supernatural force pursues him. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026 According to one preliminary study, teenagers and young adults seem more affected by this year’s strain than older people. — Amanda Erickson, STAT, 10 Nov. 2026 In The Guardian and ITV News’ deep dive into Walliams’ behavior, it was alleged that Walliams invited teenagers back to his dressing room during his time as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026 Police say about 100 teenagers had gathered at a home on Carlton Road in West Babylon for a house party. — Digital Producer, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026 Since the ban went live, multiple studies, including by Australian regulator the eSafety Commissioner, have found that most of the country’s teenagers under the cutoff age continue to use social media. — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenagers
Noun
  • Both teens attended schools in the Salinas Union High School District.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe and Min Tanaka star in the new movie that carries a reported budget in the mid-teens.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Two kids inside a Detroit home during a fire late Saturday morning were evacuated from the residence by firefighters, according to the city's fire department.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Set the scene Set right on Seven Mile Beach, the sprawling Ritz-Carlton property is a playground for global jetsetters, families with older kids, and even celebrated chefs during the hotel’s annual Cayman Cookout.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Beautiful youths were shot through the fame cannon at a rate that made Warhol’s fifteen minutes seem like a century.
    — Jessica Craig-Martin, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Since 1925, millions of youths have played American Legion baseball.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • This was him—sans manager and inching toward divorce with Sara Lownds, the mother of his first five children—acting on his own advice, gathering his friends and just getting onstage, high and electrified and focused and free.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026
  • For families The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, has plenty of ways to keep children entertained during their stay.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • While existing law prevents health care providers from providing gender affirming procedures for minors, the bill would bar them from performing, attempting to perform, or referring a minor for this care.
    — Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • From toddlers to teenagers, products are engineered around instant rewards, compulsive engagement, and habit formation.
    — Amy L. Kennedy, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • However, after nearly three years, the foster parents were recently forced to say goodbye, following a judge’s ruling that MaryBeth and her husband, Bob Lewis, were the toddlers’ legal parents.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Teenagers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenagers. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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