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Recent Examples of teenage
What would be your message to the teenage girls growing up right now in Ukraine, Palestine and other war zones?
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Roberto Prieto, Variety, 14 May 2026
There are two teenage boys in the film, Haruki (Waku Kawaguchi) and Keita (Kiyora Fuiwara), whose inchoate erotic feelings for one another, a love that can still barely say its name in provincial Japan, forms a subplot here.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Hilda is Mal’s favorite character in The Sims, and Mal keeps spending time with her because Mal is in the midst of a classic period of teenage retreat from the self.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Volpe was referring to his and the Royals superstar’s time as teenaged teammates on Team USA.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
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Roberto Prieto, Variety, 14 May 2026
There are two teenage boys in the film, Haruki (Waku Kawaguchi) and Keita (Kiyora Fuiwara), whose inchoate erotic feelings for one another, a love that can still barely say its name in provincial Japan, forms a subplot here.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Hilda is Mal’s favorite character in The Sims, and Mal keeps spending time with her because Mal is in the midst of a classic period of teenage retreat from the self.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Volpe was referring to his and the Royals superstar’s time as teenaged teammates on Team USA.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenage
Adjective
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The 2018-25 Red Sox didn’t have a single pitcher younger than 25 who could pitch seven scoreless innings.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
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Guerin would likely be looking at one of the Sabres’ three young centers in Noah Östlund, Konsta Helenius and Jiri Kulich.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Kaylee isn't the only preteen to have made the news for selling lemonade in recent days.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
7 May 2026
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People packed into cars with their aging relatives and their preteen children.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Her ex-husband is suing her for custody of their adolescent daughter, with the intention of moving them both from Queens, New York to Boise, Idaho.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
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Without adolescent uptake, tobacco cannot find new users.—
Katharine Silbaugh,
STAT,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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New acquisition Brooke Buckner made an immediate impression, winning in both gender and mixed as host Dallas topped the youthful Phoenix Flames squad 3-1 to open their weekend.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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During the early ’70s, the house experienced a meteoric rise, and Lagerfeld helped crystalize its soft, romantic spirit, with his American entourage encouraging youthful, glamorous and cheeky pop touches.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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This is illustrated most powerfully in the ability of parents and guardians to use local courts to issue writs of habeas corpus to get their underage children out of the military.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
25 May 2026
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Prosecutors suspect Brandon McGibbon, 33, might have targeted at least 20 young women and underage girls, with the youngest potential victim being just 13 years old, according to a detention memorandum filed Friday in which prosecutors sought to keep McGibbon in custody.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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The Chicago Cubs Triple-A affiliate had a night game Friday, and the infielder wanted the extra time to rest about a month into the grueling minor-league season.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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The recent Mother’s Day confrontation at Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse in Little Rock arrived accompanied by cellphone footage, influencer commentary, competing eyewitness narratives, reaction videos and enough online forensic analysis to qualify as a minor branch of cable-news jurisprudence.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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The victims — a man, woman and juvenile male — were all found with gunshot wounds.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
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Tensions between Rian and Patrick flare when Rian drunkenly mentions a brief fling with Shiv, though the film’s clunky edit, which gives little room for the performances to breathe and play out organically within their contexts, makes these frictions feel stilted and juvenile.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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There’s also a growing crop of youngish skippers who made the managerial turn quite quickly after their playing days.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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The first of these—a cult favorite among writers, particularly youngish women writers—put Lemann on the map as a singular stylist, capable of crystalline insights into the miscreants and oddballs of the American South and great bursts of unrestrained sentiment.—
Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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