as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
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Recent Examples of teen
When the Grateful Dead coalesced in 1965, Weir was still a teen and the youngest member of the band (a full seven years younger than bassist Phil Lesh).
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Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
Deaths from a rare and dangerous bacterial infection could rise if fewer teens are vaccinated, doctors warn.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
Auken, a gregarious forty-seven-year-old, visited America for the first time as a teen-ager, attending school for a semester in Charlotte, North Carolina, while living with a local family.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Confirm your teen's account statusParents should make sure their teen's account reflects the correct age.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
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Damon Leonard, 47, also from Pleasanton, Kansas, faces abandonment of a corpse charges in Bates County relating to the teenager’s death.—
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When a Black teenager is executed by police on Juneteenth and no evidence remains to contest the official account, CYCLE reveals the widening rift between what the system claims and what a mother’s relentless pursuit of truth exposes.—
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Rourke began boxing as a preteen in Miami, where his family moved after he was born in Schenectady, N.Y.—
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Off-screen, the eloquent preteen has been charming moviegoers at film festivals and Q&As over the past few months.—
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Right after the holidays, the tween posted TikTok videos of her wearing the statement necklace with a blue camouflage jacket, black pleated skirt and a bright blue wig.—
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Disney Channel Kids The tween audience of the early aughts had multiple networks catering to them, and Disney Channel’s musical ascent was just beginning.—
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If packing your kids’ lunch for school was an Olympic sport, my mother would have been a gold medalist every year.—
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This can be as simple as displaying your kids' art on the fridge or as involved as involving your partner in paint choices.—
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The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.—
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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.—
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The youngster is facing another year and a half of his three-year treatment.—
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But before completing the deal with the Jets, Indianapolis also tried to bag other cornerbacks, including New York Giants youngster Deonte Banks, via ESPN's Richi Cimini.—
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Choose the one that works best for your adolescent.—
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Driscoll’s workbook on mental health care for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes also walks through various strategies, including communication and problem-solving skills.—
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Police said the group of seven juveniles and two 18-year-olds first hit Monterey Trail High School in the 8600 block of Power Inn Road, forcibly taking jewelry from at least one person before fleeing the campus.—
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According to the complaint, the two men and one of the juveniles practiced shooting at gun ranges in September and October.—
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teen. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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