as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teen
Not to mention, that cliffhanger ending had presumably left the door open for the teens and their parents to continue the saga.
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Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
The teen had been stabbed twice in the chest, police said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
Even the criminal case against Depa, a Black teen, could have gone differently.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
This year, hand-wringing about the impact of social media on mental health came to a head with Jonathan Haidt’s best seller The Anxious Generation, which drew a direct link between smartphones and a rise in teen depression.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024
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Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
The teen had been stabbed twice in the chest, police said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
Even the criminal case against Depa, a Black teen, could have gone differently.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
This year, hand-wringing about the impact of social media on mental health came to a head with Jonathan Haidt’s best seller The Anxious Generation, which drew a direct link between smartphones and a rise in teen depression.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
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Rioux was the Guinness World Record holder for tallest teenager, standing at 7 feet, 5 inches as a 15-year-old.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Finding housing for a couch-surfing teenager is different than finding housing for a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder.Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
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One dose of a different formulation of the shot, the Tdap vaccine, is also recommended for preteens between 11 and 12 and for adults every 10 years.Randi Richardson, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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The in-person training program will focus mainly on preteens and teenagers but can be tailored to younger children, as well as staff and parents, officials said in a news release.Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024
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Related article The skin care craze has hit tweens.Amanda Schupak, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
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This new comedy is likely to be a hit with fans of the first film while introducing a new generation of tween and teen moviegoers to this fun and cooky mother-daughter duo!Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 6 Jan. 2025
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Kody has been criticized by his former wives for not being there for his adult kids Kody Brown is open to mending things with his family.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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My family walked with Krewe of Confetti Kids on Saturday for its annual kids parade in Algiers Point.Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
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Related Video Emma Roberts’s Tote and Purse are Filled With All Her Summer Essentials–Plus a Sweet Treat Beyond their teenybopper appeal, charm bracelets have a storied history in luxury fashion.Alice Cary, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
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Add youthful superstardom and time served with your glamour photos on the walls and in the hearts and minds of teenyboppers and all the varying forms of attention that superstardom brings, both good and bad.cleveland, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
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Ty Emberson — 70 Much of Emberson’s grade comes from stellar PK work by the youngster.Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The youngster would approach from below, submerged, then pop up and try to catch them by surprise.Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
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The report found that 50 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned female at birth and 25 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned male at birth received hormones.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Adding fluoride to community drinking water is credited with reducing the average number of teeth with cavities by 44% in adults and 58% in adolescents since the 1960s, the health service says.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Two people, one a juvenile, have been charged in the October 2023 shooting death of a Round Lake teenager, authorities said.Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Sent to prison for past shooting As a juvenile, Flowers was sentenced in 2015 in connection with a drive-by shooting in St. Paul’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood that police described as gang-related.Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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