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adjective

Definition of preteennext
as in teenage

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preteen

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noun

as in teen

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Recent Examples of preteen
Adjective
As a mom who struggled to get my preteen son to wear deodorant, having a now 16-year-old boy who’s into cologne and skincare trends is a bit of a shock. — Terri Peters, Parents, 20 Jan. 2025 The only one of its kind in Uganda, the complex is similar to the academies major-league organizations have in the Dominican Republic: A combination academic and baseball school, where players live, go to class, and compete with each other from their preteen years through high school. — Greg Presto, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
Tong also sued Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, in October 2023, accusing the company of violating state and federal laws with unfair trade practices aimed at hooking customers, especially preteens, on social media. — James Watson, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025 Bringing that humanity and that relatability to a character, whether it’s written for comic books or found in Shakespeare, has been Mackie’s calling since his days doing plays as a preteen. — Essence, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for preteen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preteen
  1. teenage
  2. teen
  3. teenager
  4. young
  5. tween
  6. underage
  7. kid
  8. adolescent
Adjective
  • According to tracking data, A Minecraft Movie is drawing keen interest among teenage boys and girls, is also doing well with young adults.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The film follows a teenage girl who partners with a mysterious robot and an eccentric grifter to find her brother in a dystopian future.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of teenage
Noun
  • The aforementioned study suggests that the internet and social are incredibly useful as teens begin to explore their sexuality and gender identity.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Three teens were killed in a chain-reaction crash in Glassboro, N.J., on Sunday, March 9, The New York Post, NBC 10 and the Cherry Hill Courier-Post reported.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of teen
Noun
  • As a teenager, Clementine began taking a more serious interest in fashion and had the opportunity to watch her mother make her return to the Versace runway in Milan Fashion Week in September 2023.
    — Jackie Tempera, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Saint Patrick was actually British, captured by Irish pirates and enslaved as a teenager to work as a shepherd.
    — Maureen Murphy, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of teenager
Adjective
  • But this is actually largely driven by younger, college-age adults.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The Westies gang have to face off against the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, even as an internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership brews and the Westies face being swept up into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into organized crime.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of young
Noun
  • Courtesy of Crate & Barrel Arnold approached his Crate & Kids line with longevity in mind, balancing playful motifs with sophisticated silhouettes and muted colors that adapt fluidly from toddlerhood into the tween years.
    — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Images of our babies, our toddlers, our grade-schoolers, our tweens, our teens were trapped in size 10.5 Adidas and Nike cardboard tombs.
    — Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of tween
Adjective
  • In a second criminal case opened in August 2024, they are also being investigated for allegedly trafficking underage girls.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The lawsuit specifically names Passes co-founder Guo, along with individuals Alec Celestin and Lani Ginoza, as orchestrators of a scheme that allegedly involved recruiting underage girls to create explicit content.
    — Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of underage
Noun
  • And good luck not being moved by the sight of del Toro watching those kids play baseball at night.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
  • As of Thursday afternoon, over $11,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe set up to provide support for his wife and three kids as the search continues.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of kid
Adjective
  • The victim was also found to be developmentally delayed with an adolescent cognitive level, the warrant affidavit said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Rates have stagnated in the last few years and lag far behind usage of other common adolescent immunizations to prevent meningococcal disease (88.4%) and tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (89%).
    — Lisa Doggett, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
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