preteen-agers

noun

Definition of preteen-agersnext
plural of preteen-ager
as in teenagers

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  1. teenagers
  2. teens
  3. youngsters
  4. juveniles
  5. chicks
  6. youths
  7. children
Noun
  • Research shows that teenagers spend an average of 7 hours and 22 minutes per day in front of screens—equivalent to 43% of their waking hours.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • By filming teenagers in the wild, Greenfield at least attempts to discover why that is.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of teenagers
Noun
  • In all likelihood, reports of screaming, chanting and strange lights can be attributed to the sight becoming a popular destination for mischievous teens and vandals.
    Jess Joho, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In Orange County, California, this counterculture moment takes the youth by storm, becoming a sanctuary for rebellious teens.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of teens
Noun
  • Some of the list’s youngsters, like Zuckerberg and Moskovitz, are simply just getting older.
    Samantha Kroontje, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The fifth grade teacher assigned each of her students to visit two classrooms and read campaign letters aloud to practice public speaking and persuade youngsters to vote for their candidate.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of youngsters
Noun
  • California parents turned their children in after the Los Angeles Police Department asked for the public’s help finding juveniles who partook in multiple flash mob robberies at 7-Eleven stores and fled on bicycles.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Landry and his Republican allies argued that Raise the Age and other liberal policies were responsible for a pandemic-era uptick in violent offenses committed by juveniles in Louisiana.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of juveniles
Noun
  • Pesto is expected to start swimming with other king penguin chicks when the molting process is done.
    Dan Aulbach, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • King penguin chicks experience their first molt around 10 months old and the process can last up to six weeks, per the aquarium.
    Dan Aulbach, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of chicks
Noun
  • Like most foster youths, Grace and Destiny grew up with trauma.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
  • But those licenses allow foster youths to stay up to 10 days — a fraction of the time most youths spend at such sites now.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of youths
Noun
  • That simple step transformed the dental health of Antioch’s children, research found.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • There were no children among the migrants, but one man had a backpack filled with toys, children’s clothes and diapers.
    Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of children
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