teenage

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Recent Examples of teenage The collision killed a father and his teenage daughter and injured 19 workers inside. Nathaniel Percy, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2025 The plane was carrying 64 people, among them teenage skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, their mothers Jin Han and Christine Lane and their coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. Scott Thompson, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025 Anyone who has ever gone home for Thanksgiving and immediately reverted to their teenage self will understand the dynamic. Sofia Perez, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025 Of those, six were from the Skating Club of Boston — two coaches, two teenage athletes and the athletes' mothers. Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for teenage 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenage
Adjective
  • Emily, a young American from Chicago living and working in Paris, serves serious wardrobe eye candy.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
  • With its playful writing and game cast, the film is sure to attract young fans and find its audience.
    Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But then there are puzzlements: more unexplained goats, a freezing-cold field trip and a preteen office worker.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Dear Abby: After several months of weight loss, our preteen daughter was hospitalized after a trip to the ER.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The move swept up many resources on the CDC website, ranging from data on adolescent health and infectious disease to clinical guidelines on reproductive care and HIV.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Dawn Bounds, PhD, an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, specializes in social media and adolescent mental health.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Sunday Rose, in a layered ensemble of a zippered top, voluminous skirt, and a two-toned jacket, embodies the collection’s theme of youthful refinement.
    Ty Gaskins, WWD, 31 Jan. 2025
  • In recent years, as diamond prices have sputtered and the BDP government has repeatedly been caught up in major corruption scandals, Botswana’s youthful electorate has begun to search for alternatives to the party of their elders.
    Keletso Thobega, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Additionally, police say a traffic stop was conducted near the home and resulted in the arrest of an underage teen for a DUI.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The Idaho Statesman and law enforcement ordinarily don’t name minors accused of crimes, but because they are being charged with murder as adults, the two underage boys have been identified.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The epigenetic clock theory suggests aging occurs due to accumulation of epigenetic modifications, or minor changes to the chemical structure of DNA that do not alter the underlying sequence but instead change which genes are on or off.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Fewer than one in three arrestees were charged with any offense, and most of those were for minor infractions like jaywalking, littering, and blocking sidewalks.
    V.N. Trinh / Made by History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Troubled juvenile hall gets another lifeline after judge punts decision on closure.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The juvenile victim, who was reportedly struck several times, suffered from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and was taken to Connecticut Children's Medical Center.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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