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
At that point, the teenager allegedly grabbed a knife and began stabbing his grandmother before turning to his mother to attack her, investigators said.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
Rookie performance isn’t necessarily correlated with future success, especially for teenagers, such as Sarr and fellow Washington Wizards lottery pick Bub Carrington (No. 1 overall pick Risacher also just turned 20).
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Apr. 2025
In the photos, the teenager can be seen smiling with his mom and enjoying time with friends, as well as posing with family in some throwback photos.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
There is also a Real Madrid soccer academy, so teenagers who are learning to play either soccer or basketball and are not from Madrid all live together in the same dormitory.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
Rookie performance isn’t necessarily correlated with future success, especially for teenagers, such as Sarr and fellow Washington Wizards lottery pick Bub Carrington (No. 1 overall pick Risacher also just turned 20).
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Apr. 2025
In the photos, the teenager can be seen smiling with his mom and enjoying time with friends, as well as posing with family in some throwback photos.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
There is also a Real Madrid soccer academy, so teenagers who are learning to play either soccer or basketball and are not from Madrid all live together in the same dormitory.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenager
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The teen ultimately did get a heads-up about her family’s impending arrival and gave her boyfriend her gun for protection, police reportedly said.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The teen was taken to Medical City Arlington hospital for treatment.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
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The massacre, which also wounded 21 people, became a blueprint for dozens of copycats and shattered the notion that kids were safe in school.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Below, here are all of the comments Elon Musk has made about his ever-growing number of kids.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Most of the justices sounded sympathetic to a group of Maryland parents who want their elementary school children excused from class when the books are being read.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The surface contained scores of portraits made by children with baker’s clay, then turned into 42 bronze panels.—
Robert Taylor,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But López Obrador has defended hydrocarbons since his youth, and the energy reform became a rallying cry for MORENA.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Even my father, who dabbled with the Jewish community in his youth, didn’t stay involved.—
Maria Zimina,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Adam Brown, who once worked for the city’s Law Department, was busted April 10 for third-degree rape, patronizing a minor for prostitution and endangering the welfare of a child.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Both lawmakers saw that bill as an effort to bring the current state law banning minors from accessing physical copies of pornography into the 21st century.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2025
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The stakes here for the rule of law couldn’t be higher, but the right approach for courts should be familiar to anyone who has raised a toddler.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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The toddler had wandered away from his home in Seligman, Arizona, about 180 miles southeast of Las Vegas, and into rough terrain.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Teenager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenager. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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