as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teen
Usage is highest among older students, Black and Hispanic teens, and those most familiar with AI tools.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
She was first scouted as a teen and debuted on the runway for Balmain’s Spring/Summer 2020 show.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 21 July 2025
The report said the percentage of both teens and adults interested in enrolling in trade school almost doubled during the pandemic.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2025
The journey provided the teens with more than just exercise and scenery.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
She was first scouted as a teen and debuted on the runway for Balmain’s Spring/Summer 2020 show.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 21 July 2025
The report said the percentage of both teens and adults interested in enrolling in trade school almost doubled during the pandemic.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2025
The journey provided the teens with more than just exercise and scenery.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
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Villa have already recruited a teenager centre-half this summer after the arrival of Yasin Ozcan from Kasimpasa, who signed a pre-contract agreement in February and joined up with Unai Emery’s squad on July 1.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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As a teenager, the budding performer had several run-ins with neighborhood bullies, but always fought back, Lewis said of his father.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
23 July 2025
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In order to protect the public, these teenagers, and in some cases preteens, must be taken off the streets.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2025
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Back in April, The preteen enjoyed a fun outing at the Coachella Music Festival with Dewan and her fiancé.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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The Boardwalk at Hersheypark Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania Great for: Families with tweens who love chocolate The Boardwalk Waterpark at Hersheypark has 16 water attractions.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
23 July 2025
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Walmart, for example, has launched more fashion-forward private brands, including a new clothing and accessories brand, Weekend Academy, for tweens that debuted this month.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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In one photo, the former professional athlete could be seen towering over his kids and wearing a white matching set.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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And who can forget his time in that MTV reality show alongside his second wife Sharon and his youngest kids.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
24 July 2025
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The multimedia exposure drew the adoration of the era’s teenyboppers, who raced to spend their allowance money on T-shirts, lunch boxes and magazines featuring the face of Bubblegum Bobby, as he was known.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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Bed-rotting while watching Grey’s Anatomy, routinely taking breaks between hospital shootings and plane crashes, is a much different experience from devouring eight episodes of a teenybopper show in one sitting.—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them,
27 Jan. 2025
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White said youngsters returning early after school pay $221 while those coming after the last bell are charged $210.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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But Menéndez is concerned that more could have been done, especially with the children’s camps on the river where youngsters slept in cabins with counselors.—
Shimon Prokupecz,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
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Instead of feeling supported, adolescents may start to believe that there’s something wrong with them, rather than recognizing it as something understandable, that deserves empathy.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The new analysis concludes that about 8.4 million U.S. adolescents — or nearly 33% — have prediabetes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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At least 41 of those cranes were reported to be juveniles, fresh new recruits from the breeding grounds in and around Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Succi said first responders found that the driver of the vehicle and a juvenile in the backseat were trapped inside and needed to be extricated by fire crews.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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