teenage

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Recent Examples of teenage The book explores a walled city the narrator and his teenage sweetheart imagined. Theara Coleman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024 Among those on trial was a teenage girl who had allegedly told her parents that Paty had asked Muslim pupils to leave the room before showing the caricatures. Reuters, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 Ana, a Salvadoran university teacher and her teenage daughter’s asylum is denied in Brussels. John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024 Avondale police issued an advisory on Sunday afternoon regarding a runaway teenage girl suspected of running away from her home to be picked up by her possible 29-year-old boyfriend. Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for teenage 
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Adjective
  • And if there was damage on younger roofs, insurers were willing to accept a repair instead of a full replacement, Metcalf said.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Ernst, who lives in Middleton, Wis., is the author of 20 historical novels and mysteries for young readers from American Girl, 11 books in the Chloe Ellefson Historic Sites mysteries, and nonfiction history and poetry.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • House was created when director Nobuhiko Obayashi asked his preteen daughter what scared her.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
  • What started as a consolation prize offered to an older preteen or young teenager who craves technology, communication, and social inclusion has evolved into a sort of gateway device.
    Emily Tate Sullivan, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The company highlighted the initiation of an adolescent/adult cohort for its NGN-401 clinical trial for Rett syndrome and announced positive interim clinical data.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Christ stands with arms folded, eyes narrowed—a perfect image of sulking adolescent defiance.
    Christian K. Kleinbub, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Kirk is thirty-one; his rise to power has paralleled that of the MAGA movement, for which he’s become a youthful avatar.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Posters of rock bands like Def Leppard, Whitesnake, and Motley Crüe cover the walls, while a youthful Johnny Depp and U2's The Edge add to the 80s vibe.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Phillips allegedly lured underage boys, sometimes as young as 12 or 13, with the promise of meeting famous wrestlers, the lawsuit says.
    Avery Lotz, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
  • After that, more girls, many of them fans who claim to have been underage at the time, came forward with their own accounts of inappropriate behaviour by Payne.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Victims can suffer from a range of injuries, from minor bruises to severe, life-altering conditions.
    Chris Gallagher, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • According to the commission, there have been 113 reports of overheating, including seven reports of fires and one report of a minor burn injury.
    Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Texas juvenile detention centers have a decadeslong history of violations and abuses, which began to be uncovered in the early 2000s by Texas newspapers.
    Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The decision on Monday by Milwaukee County Juvenile Court Judge Jane V. Carroll gives direction to the case; the child's defense lawyers argued for months was more appropriate for the juvenile system.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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