as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teen
Cops are looking for two unidentified youths who fired gunshots into the courtyard of a Bronx housing complex earlier this summer, injuring a 16-year-old teen.
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
Key Facts The price hike will involve a double-digit percentage increase, according to The Wall Street Journal, which reported the increases will vary between retail customers and reach somewhere between the low teens and 20%.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Officials have not released the names of the teens.
—Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 July 2025
State police did not indicate in the warrant that any videos showing the two teens were recovered.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2025
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
Key Facts The price hike will involve a double-digit percentage increase, according to The Wall Street Journal, which reported the increases will vary between retail customers and reach somewhere between the low teens and 20%.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Officials have not released the names of the teens.
—Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 July 2025
State police did not indicate in the warrant that any videos showing the two teens were recovered.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
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Villa have already recruited a teenager centre-half this summer after the arrival of Yasin Ozcan from Kasimpasa, who signed a pre-contract agreement in February and joined up with Unai Emery’s squad on July 1.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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The Madea franchise actors met as teenagers, as explained in the description for their Black Love podcast episode.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
23 July 2025
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Following a group of preteens that form a baby-sitting business in their quiet suburb, the series is sweet and deeply relevant to the kids who are watching (even if the sitters still use a landline for the nostalgia).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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The preteen was airlifted to a hospital in Savannah, Georgia, per CBS News, and her injuries were not life-threatening, according to authorities.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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The Boardwalk at Hersheypark Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania Great for: Families with tweens who love chocolate The Boardwalk Waterpark at Hersheypark has 16 water attractions.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
23 July 2025
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Walmart, for example, has launched more fashion-forward private brands, including a new clothing and accessories brand, Weekend Academy, for tweens that debuted this month.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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Whether kids are seeing real stars like Bill Murray or Mckenna Grace, or just someone from a fan club, the effect is the same.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
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This is children's reporter Rachel Wegner, here with the latest on schools, kids and more.—
The Tennessean,
The Tennessean,
24 July 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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Jake Guentzel of the Tampa Bay Lightning and his dad, Utah Mammoth scout Mike Guentzel, are among partners in a former sports training facility being converted into a hockey rink for youngsters in Woodbury.—
Charley Walters,
Twin Cities,
3 Aug. 2025
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At the back of the room were six study rooms which Grossman said lacked any of the 21st-century technology youngsters use today.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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Instead of feeling supported, adolescents may start to believe that there’s something wrong with them, rather than recognizing it as something understandable, that deserves empathy.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The new analysis concludes that about 8.4 million U.S. adolescents — or nearly 33% — have prediabetes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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Succi said first responders found that the driver of the vehicle and a juvenile in the backseat were trapped inside and needed to be extricated by fire crews.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
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At least 41 of those cranes were reported to be juveniles, fresh new recruits from the breeding grounds in and around Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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