as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teen
OpenAI announces teen-friendly ChatGPT amid safety concerns OpenAI on Tuesday announced a version of ChatGPT for teens, as tech companies face growing pressure to protect minors who use chatbots.
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semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
OpenAI spokesperson Kate Waters says the company prioritizes teen safety.
—Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
Those are powerful rewards for teens.
—Chris Wysopal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The teen boys next to us are talking about jumping off cruise ships.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
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semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
OpenAI spokesperson Kate Waters says the company prioritizes teen safety.
—Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
Those are powerful rewards for teens.
—Chris Wysopal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The teen boys next to us are talking about jumping off cruise ships.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
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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
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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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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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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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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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The multimedia exposure drew the adoration of the era’s teenyboppers, who raced to spend their allowance money on T-shirts, lunch boxes and magazines featuring the face of Bubblegum Bobby, as he was known.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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Bed-rotting while watching Grey’s Anatomy, routinely taking breaks between hospital shootings and plane crashes, is a much different experience from devouring eight episodes of a teenybopper show in one sitting.—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them,
27 Jan. 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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Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Children and adolescents ages 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not immunized before, according to the guidance.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 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
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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