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Noun
But when McGinley was a teen-ager, Michael became sick with AIDS and moved home to New Jersey.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
4 July 2026 Aliah Singh, co-founder of CultivaTeen Roots, an online learning platform for parents and caregivers of teens, emphasizes that popcorn brain can have an impact on a child’s emotional development.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Parents,
4 July 2026 Powell said in the note that Palo Alto has the broadest cybersecurity offering, and thinks the company can sustain mid-teens revenue growth over the next few years.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
4 July 2026 The city of Los Angeles will pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought on behalf of a teen who lost his leg in a 2023 hit-and-run in Boyle Heights.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for teen
Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
Middle English tene, from Old English tēona injury, grief; akin to Old Norse tjōn loss, damage