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
  • Alec Baldwin is learning a thing or two from his preteen daughter.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Ride Horseback in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona One May day, saddled atop two small horses perfect for our short frames, my teenage daughter and I followed a Diné woman and her preteen son up the low, brown waters of Chinle Creek and into the deep ochre Canyon de Chelly (pronounced de-shay).
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Hope, an adolescent red wolf from one of the cloned litters produced by Colossal.
    Emily Mullin, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But behind the image of youthful confidence lies a question increasingly whispered by allies and adversaries alike: Can Bardella, who has no experience in government, really lead?
    Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Audiences witness the characters’ lives unfold backward, from their fractured adult friendships to their youthful optimism.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The criminal conflicts-of-interest statute governs the holdings of underage children but exempts the investments of heirs over 18.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • In addition to the flights to Prague to meet underage boys, Holmberg was also accused of predatory behavior closer to home.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 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 other family members, two children and one 19-year-old, suffered minor wounds.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 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
  • Paulo needed physical therapy to recover from several surgeries to shorten her left leg to the length of her right leg — the difference a consequence of juvenile arthritis.
    Jordan Rau, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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