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Recent Examples of preteen
Brittany Spanos, Wired News, 13 Feb. 2026
And Sabrina is sort of the Olivia Rodrigo of the past year as far as the preteen girl following and even older than that, going into 20-something-year-old women.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
According to Morris, as long ago as 2011, the recommendation was to begin checking cholesterol levels in the preteen years, but most parents and doctors were not heeding that advice.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Storrie’s preteen YouTube videos quickly went viral.
—Brittany Spanos, Wired News, 13 Feb. 2026
And Sabrina is sort of the Olivia Rodrigo of the past year as far as the preteen girl following and even older than that, going into 20-something-year-old women.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
The Journal That Launched a Million Views A TikTok posted earlier this month by Rhionna, a friend of Addison’s mother, introduced the world to the preteen’s scrapbook-style project.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
According to Morris, as long ago as 2011, the recommendation was to begin checking cholesterol levels in the preteen years, but most parents and doctors were not heeding that advice.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preteen
Adjective
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Everybody, including the president’s stern chief of security (Thomas Aquino), is skeptical of Creasy’s preparedness for the job, but Paul welcomes Creasy to multiple dinners with his family, including sullen teenage daughter Poe (Billie Boullet).—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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Still overcome with his own grief, Creasy must tuck his own demons away in an effort to care for a teenage girl whose life has suddenly been thrown into chaos.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As the Ado Annie-like Betsy, a horny teen-ager whose father owns a shotgun, Kurtz is playing a character who should be, and kind of is, a one-joke punch line.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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And a Louisiana cop haunted for decades by a teen’s murder didn’t live long enough to see it be solved.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His mom likes another young lady for her son, not my daughter.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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This particular adaptation bookends the story with the character Alba (played in young adulthood by Rocío Hernández), the granddaughter of the clairvoyant matriarch Clara del Valle (played in older age by Dolores Fonzi) and the conservative, volatile patriarch Esteban Trueba (Alfonso Herrera).—
Laura Zornosa,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The parents of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were cleared of allegations of child neglect and abuse in the months before authorities say the teenager was murdered and dismembered by singer D4vd, who now faces a possible death sentence for the slaying.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Van Pelt and her husband, Andrew, who met as teenagers at a California college, moved around for a while, before settling in Wheaton, next door to his hometown of Geneva.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Well…don’t sleep with underage people?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2026
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Determining how the teen died took time, and after months of additional investigation, prosecutors announced charges against D4vd that allege her murder was a premeditated attempt to keep her from ruining his music career by exposing their underage relationship.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Blaise is the latest work inspired by Planchon’s comic strip following the titular protagonist through his tween years through to adolescence.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
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Berfield — who played Reese, Dewey's older brother — watches the tween get picked on by a group of bullies before turning and smacking them with his bag.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For any adolescent, a private bedroom is both sanctuary and mood board.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Khan is associate program director for the child/adolescent psychiatry fellowship at University of California, Los Angeles.—
Sarah Mohiuddin,
STAT,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Charles, who is well-known for his love of nature and the importance of sustainability, fed chickens in a coop together with the kids.—
Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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The kid from Istanbul’s streets was not an aberration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Preteen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preteen. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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