archaic
: misery, affliction
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The teen was taken to Medical City Arlington hospital for treatment.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2025
This is teen sexuality as postmodern spectacle: a mishmash of transgressive allusions transmuted into a product that can’t possibly be interpreted as serious.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
There’s no point in having art if everything is a Law & Order or medical procedural and nothing features a 13-foot-tall Bay Area teen conquering capitalism.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The teen ultimately did get a heads-up about her family’s impending arrival and gave her boyfriend her gun for protection, police reportedly said.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The teen was taken to Medical City Arlington hospital for treatment.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2025
This is teen sexuality as postmodern spectacle: a mishmash of transgressive allusions transmuted into a product that can’t possibly be interpreted as serious.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
There’s no point in having art if everything is a Law & Order or medical procedural and nothing features a 13-foot-tall Bay Area teen conquering capitalism.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for teen
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teen. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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