as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teen
As the family keep vigil by his bedside, the teen is able to communicate only through handwritten notes.
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Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
Chaotic video obtained by FOX 35 shows local authorities ordering the teens to leave the area as police cars lined the roads.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Older teens enjoy more flexible work hours during the school year, although exact limits vary depending on the specific job and permit.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Jack and Diane were any number of wanton teens.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
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Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
Chaotic video obtained by FOX 35 shows local authorities ordering the teens to leave the area as police cars lined the roads.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Older teens enjoy more flexible work hours during the school year, although exact limits vary depending on the specific job and permit.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Jack and Diane were any number of wanton teens.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
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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
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Their preteen daughter, Suri, played in the front seat of the truck.—
Kit Warchol,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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She’s recently expanded into preteen, teen and baby parenting territory, further growing her following.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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At the time, Jackson was pop’s fastest-rising star, having bridged the teenybopper mania of the Jackson 5 with mature disco-soul hits on his 1979 solo breakthrough, Off the Wall.—
Greg Poole,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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Coe, born in Akron, Ohio, spent time in reformatories as a youngster, and served time in an Ohio prison from 1963 to 1967 for possession of burglary tools.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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With those two moving on up this week, the Daily News checked in on a few other youngsters in the Yankees’ org, starting with Carlos Lagrange.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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As an adolescent, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and struggled through school.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2026
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He was brought to the center as an adolescent with a broken wing (possibly due to a collision with a car) and can no longer fly properly.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
1 Apr. 2026
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Certainly, there’s anecdotal evidence where upward of 200 juveniles will gather at a mall.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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The court system has thus far treated Young as a juvenile.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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