teenage

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Recent Examples of teenage Related article Adults may want to consider revisiting their childhood hobbies, according to a psychologist Whatever the reasons for the decline in teenage jobs, the result is that some students graduate high school without ever having held a paying job. Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025 San Jose, Costa Rica — Carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of death of the teenage son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, authorities in Costa Rica confirmed Wednesday night. CBS News, 3 Apr. 2025 To most people, a teenage girl getting rescued from a blood-draining serial killer would be a good thing, but Fisk is built different. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025 The collection overall offers casual, work and fashion-forward looks for teenage and adult women. David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teenage
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Adjective
  • Related Stories As Dickens goes over each of Jesus’ miracles and other pivotal moments ahead of his gruesome death, young Walter walks into the biblical passages as an unseen figure watching from the sidelines and becoming enraptured by the tall tales.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • About midway through, his character, searching for a trafficked young woman, poses as a drug dealer looking to score a connection with a local kingpin holding court in the backroom of a biker bar.
    Donald Liebenson, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Even my preteen son says the brand is cool among his peers and now takes one to school.
    Chaunie Brusie, RN, Parents, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Schererville man gets 25 years for molesting preteen girl A Schererville man was sentenced to 25 years in prison April 2 for molesting a preteen girl.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Hope, an adolescent red wolf from one of the cloned litters produced by Colossal.
    Emily Mullin, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • After reaming her besties out for having not changed at all since their teen years, Laurie reverts back to her adolescent self.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Even among digital natives – youthful, tech-savvy users who are well versed in the casual parlance of text messaging – a text plastered with shortcuts still felt undercooked.
    David Fang, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Ellie, now 19 years old, still sports the edge of youthful bravado.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • She was convicted in 2021 on five charges for recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004.
    Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
  • She was convicted on five counts of aiding Epstein in his abuse of underage girls in December 2021.
    James Hill, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.
    William B. Davis, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Three adolescents and the bus driver only sustained minor injuries, while one child was badly hurt.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Adult males, called boars, are emerging from their dens this month, with females and juvenile bears expected to follow in April and early May.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But with the White House continuing to insist that Goldberg lied and that nothing was classified, The Atlantic called their bluff and published them in full, complete with missile-launch schedules and juvenile fist-bump emojis.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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