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Noun
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For teenagers who will see these Emmy clips over the next few weeks on their phones, that may be the part that matters most.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025 -
The teenager has seen his profile skyrocket over the last few years, with videos of his lightning-quick performances going viral around the world.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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The issue, the mom explains, is that her teen informed her that her ex’s wife—the boy’s stepmom who has been in his life for about five years—is also going.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
20 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, this is a very sticky business model with a 98% customer retention rate and steady mid-teens revenue growth.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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Your child isn't just competing with the kid next door for college admission or job opportunities.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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And anxiety about our kids and our grandkids.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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Katherine is also the frazzled single mother to two kids, hopelessly dorky 13-year-old Ben (Skyler Gisondo) and Machiavellian preteen Esther (Natalie Palamides).—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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The outlet also reported firefighters saying that Zyaire's mother and her preteen son were able to escape the home, and that her 18-year-old daughter jumped out a back window.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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According to literary scholar Elaine Jordan, the play was dangerous material for a wild troupe of unsupervised youngsters to take on, and the results were predictable.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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Alvaro Benito, a lead singer for the band Pignoise and now a commentator for broadcaster Movistar, played for Madrid as a youngster.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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The juveniles, all residents of Livermore, allegedly stole about $2,000 from a man exiting a casino.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Curfews for juveniles were changed and curfew centers were opened.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Alongside a single heart emoji, Lena, 29, shared glimpses of herself with Redford as a child, including a horse-riding photo, a snapshot on a movie set and a photo that included her dad with her and Redford, taken during what appeared to be Lena's tween years.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, as Hjalmar’s 14-year-old daughter, Hedvig, the elfin Maaike Laanstra-Corn is delivering yet another wonderfully eccentric embodiment of a high-strung tween with a potentially perilous excess of imagination.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Sep. 2025
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Photos show the hooded vulture chick in KwaZulu-Natal.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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The ornithurine chick and his family aren’t the only types of birds here to call this landscape home.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Preteen-ager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preteen-ager. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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