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Recent Examples of tween
At $40, this is a great gift for the teen or tween getting into makeup for the first time and entering the world of luxury beauty.
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
At a summer camp for Muslim tweens, shy and nerdy Tanveer doesn’t expect to find a crush – especially not one who’s her bunkmate.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
A lot of the actors feel like they’ve been plucked right out of a CW show for young adults and tweens.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Those growth spurts, voices cracking and new body hair where there wasn’t any before can sometimes be a lot for tween or teen boys to handle.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
At a summer camp for Muslim tweens, shy and nerdy Tanveer doesn’t expect to find a crush – especially not one who’s her bunkmate.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
A lot of the actors feel like they’ve been plucked right out of a CW show for young adults and tweens.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Those growth spurts, voices cracking and new body hair where there wasn’t any before can sometimes be a lot for tween or teen boys to handle.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tween
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Critics of these laws, however, say that teenagers should be able to work more to earn more money, arguing that jobs will better prepare them for life after high school.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Two worlds collide when a teenager vanishes from her Adirondacks summer camp.The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Add kids or needing to care for other family members, and that worker falls below poverty levels.Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 1 Jan. 2025
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Last week, the famous couple shared photos from their Christmas celebration on Instagram, which included all four of the couple's kids.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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According to 2023 research from Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families, unintentional drug overdoses have accounted for more than nine in 10 poisoning deaths among adolescents since 2016.Joe Edwards, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Time to Talk About Pornography: More adolescents than ever are watching it.Franz Lidz, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Culinary classes, crafts, games, scavenger hunts, and movie showings keep youngsters entertained indoors.Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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He’s meant a lot to San Jose off the ice, too, as far as his leadership and influence around the youngsters.Pierre LeBrun, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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The common theme among all these crimes: juveniles.Eric Braun, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
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The team recorded 74 interactions between the squirrels and voles, and 42% of the encounters involved squirrels — including both male and female juveniles and adults —actively hunting and consuming the voles.Julianna Bragg, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother.Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
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Donation drives 🎁 Phoenix Children's Toyland: Donate toys for kiddos spending their holiday season in the hospital this year.Jessica Boehm, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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That includes falling asleep in it at least once while reading my kiddo books at bedtime.Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 3 Nov. 2024
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Harris got banished to the kiddie table while grown-ups dealt with the coming disaster.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
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The corn maze, hayrides, kiddie train and slingshot cost extra.Melissa Santos, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Tween.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tween. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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