teenage

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Recent Examples of teenage Nobody, including the teenage Chelsea winger himself, is taking anything for granted. Simon Johnson, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy star in this latest John Hughes’ teenage melodrama about a girl from the wrong side of the tracks and a boy from the country club who fall for each other. Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026 Mark is Sydney’s husband and father to her kids, including teenage Tatum (co-lead Isabel May). Matt Donnelly, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026 Azabal plays Layal, a tightly wound Arabic professor whose troubled teenage son Daniel (Zolghadri) is expelled from high school, prompting her to escort him from Indiana to California to live with his estranged father. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teenage
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Adjective
  • Szeemann’s two Venice Biennales followed a decade of frantic exhibition-making across the globe, by Szeemann himself and by young professionals proud to call themselves independent curators.
    Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The legislation would require social media platforms to estimate the age of users and exclude obscene content to children 16 years old or younger.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The research team found the highest PFAS concentrations when participants were age 3, which were associated with higher bone density at age 12, Buckley said — contrasting with the finding of lower adolescent bone density when the children had high PFAS levels closer to the preteen years.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The preteen Coetzee was miserable when the family moved to Worcester, not far from where the Karoo starts.
    Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • His adolescent name-calling and desperate need to emblazon his name on multiple sites are cause for national embarrassment.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
  • For example, research shows that adolescent boys are more susceptible to pressure for risk-taking behaviors than girls.
    Amy Morin, Parents, 3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • There was a youthful, rock ‘n’ roll vibe to the proceedings that was punk in quality but earnest in its quest to be seen.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • This nourishing cleansing oil provides deep hydration for youthful, healthy-looking skin.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • This follows concerns about underage access to hemp products.
    Erin Jones, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • However, some are cautious to laud the partnership out of fear of what has happened time and again with self-conscious users (who are primarily underage) on social media platforms.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, at home, small appliances might break down or a minor breakage could occur.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The restaurant became a minor sensation—the titular dish is terrific, silken and subtle and rich, but what most stood out was a rotating lineup of specials, mostly hawker-style Malaysian fare, particularly the food of Klang, his parents’ home town, on Malaysia’s western coast.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Experts estimate thousands of additional uses occur in undisclosed plea deals and juvenile cases.
    Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Also making headlines early April are reports of a juvenile white shark that got caught on a fishing line at Hermosa Beach.
    Paris Barraza, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The Sox no longer have a David Ortiz or Mookie Betts — or even an Alex Bregman, whose leadership was so important to this youngish bunch last season.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • So a first question, after this signature collaboration between Rodríguez, Cobos and Corral, is how many others in Spain’s superb youngish cadre of film and TV creators – Sorogoyen, Ruiz de Azúa, the Javis and Laxe, to name just a few – may end up working with Corral.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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