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someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teens
The company said itis currently limiting teens’ access to only a select group of its AI characters, such as those that help with homework.
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The interweaving crime-movie and possible alien-abduction threads vining around the empty skeleton at this movie’s center never quite cohere, and on-camera interviews with any number of the criminal teens offer no emotional scaffold to grab onto.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Moscatiello, ever the marketing lead, starts the meeting with a power point about how much time teens spend on screens.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Parents can start conversations with their teens about healthy internet use.
—Alvin Thomas, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The interweaving crime-movie and possible alien-abduction threads vining around the empty skeleton at this movie’s center never quite cohere, and on-camera interviews with any number of the criminal teens offer no emotional scaffold to grab onto.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Moscatiello, ever the marketing lead, starts the meeting with a power point about how much time teens spend on screens.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Parents can start conversations with their teens about healthy internet use.
—Alvin Thomas, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teens
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The Inuit victims, many of them teenagers at the time, were either fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices, known as IUDs or coils, or given a hormonal birth control injection.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes potential is fulfilled but most teenagers can be awkward and their potential is only starting to be seen.—
Jason Davis,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Her kids were at the celebration with flags and traditional Mexican shirts.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Sign up now and be one of the cool kids.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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According to literary scholar Elaine Jordan, the play was dangerous material for a wild troupe of unsupervised youngsters to take on, and the results were predictable.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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Clearly, there are opportunities for the youngsters, including Wenninger and 22-yearold Jonathan Santucci (4-0 at Binghamton), to make an impact next year for the New York Mets.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Curfews for juveniles were changed and curfew centers were opened.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Four juveniles accused of shooting and killing a 16-year-old at a northeast Charlotte home in August were charged with first-degree murder, police said.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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The center became a beacon in Liberty City where many youths learned the fundamentals of dance, song and theater.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Apart concert are $25 for general admission, $20 for SDFH members and free for youths 17 and under.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Dinner and show tickets are $43-$47, $33 for children 15 and younger and for show-only.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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The couple shared two young children, a son and a daughter.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Teens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teens. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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