as in teenager
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Recent Examples of tween
Children and tweens ages 8-12 are invited on a fun field trip to New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), next door to the library.
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Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
Their groundbreaking menstrual kits for tweens educate, empower, and support young girls during a pivotal and scary phase of their lives.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 24 Feb. 2025
In fact, some of them—vitamin C and AHAs, for example—are helpful tools for tweens and teens experiencing acne.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Feb. 2025
The jabs at the tween were quickly edited out of the sketch with Myers writing a letter of apology to Chelsea and her family.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
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Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
Their groundbreaking menstrual kits for tweens educate, empower, and support young girls during a pivotal and scary phase of their lives.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 24 Feb. 2025
In fact, some of them—vitamin C and AHAs, for example—are helpful tools for tweens and teens experiencing acne.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Feb. 2025
The jabs at the tween were quickly edited out of the sketch with Myers writing a letter of apology to Chelsea and her family.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tween
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As a teenager, Clementine began taking a more serious interest in fashion and had the opportunity to watch her mother make her return to the Versace runway in Milan Fashion Week in September 2023.—
Jackie Tempera,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Saint Patrick was actually British, captured by Irish pirates and enslaved as a teenager to work as a shepherd.—
Maureen Murphy,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2025
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Research shows that parents lose sleep for a surprising number of years after their children are born and kids notoriously struggle with everything from bedtime routines to nightmares.—
Lia Miller,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2025
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Over the years, Hudson has not been shy about family life, documenting many memories with her kids on social media.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Older children, adolescents and adults should get at least one shot of the MMR vaccine, with two doses separated by at least 28 days, the CDC says.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Beyond women’s rugby, this applies to any program aimed at supporting, without judgment, all female athletes, all LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults, all body types, and all those ready to better our world.—
Paige Perricone,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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But his injury is a tough blow to a team that hoped to use the final month of the season to continue developing its youngsters.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The bottom line: LLMs are like youngsters who have read a lot but do not have experience of the world.—
Scott Rosenberg,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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The juveniles were each issued a summons and released to their parents.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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The juveniles gliding through the North Yuba today recently hatched from eggs that were deposited by scientists last fall.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother.—
Esther Zuckerman,
TIME,
6 Dec. 2024
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So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Oct. 2024
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This question is perhaps most pressing for Gen Z kiddos.—
Karen D'Souza,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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While these school apps are helpful in many ways—and who doesn’t love seeing a cute pic of their kiddo enjoying time on the playground?—they can also dial up the anxiety for parents like me.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
21 Feb. 2025
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But if adrenaline rushes aren't your thing, there's also a wave pool, lazy river, kiddie pool, roomy luxury cabanas, and an adults-only pool.—
Carly Caramanna,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Feb. 2025
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New rides: Up, Up and Away in the kiddie section, according to midway operator Reithoffer Shows.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
13 Aug. 2024
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“Tween.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tween. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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