as in teenager
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Noun
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Authorities are investigating after a teenager was shot and killed around midnight Friday in the unincorporated Los Angeles County community of Willowbrook.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025 -
The Vatican considers the Italian teenager, who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, as an inspiring role model for today's young Catholics.—
NICOLE WINFIELD AND SILVIA STELLACCI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Jackie also returned in last week’s episode during teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), Van (Liv Hewson) and Akilah’s (Nia Sondoya) trippy shared cave hallucination.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Rojo or red side is family friendly, and includes a teen activity area, disco, climbing tower, a water play zone and a lagoon for swimming or snorkeling.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Rocky Gap participates in the Maryland Park Service's Scales & Tales education program for kids.—
Trudy Haywood Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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Julie Andrews as Maria Andrews starred as Maria, the precocious and inspirational governess who helps the von Trapp kids learn to embrace music and family — and later becomes their stepmother.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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The Tdap vaccine is recommended for preteens (ages 11 to 12), and every 10 years after that.—
Melissa Dahl,
NBC News,
22 Feb. 2025
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In 2023, researchers found a rise in children taking melatonin to sleep at night, with almost 1 in 5 kids and preteens in the United States taking the hormone to aid their sleep, according to a paper in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Last year, the youngster captured the golf world's attention by winning twice on the PGA Tour.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Fortunately by that point, the bus driver had already ushered all 15 youngsters on board to safety.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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Two of the victims were juveniles, and the third victim was an elderly woman, later identified as Desir.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Following the incident, Cambridge Police were able to identify multiple juveniles suspected to be involved in the incident.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Effectiveness was 32% for children and adolescents, from the CDC's U.S. Flu VE network of health care systems.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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In the 2010s, the developmental scientist Ron Dahl and Jennifer Silk, a University of Pittsburgh psychology professor, started wondering what went on inside adolescents’ brains when their parents nagged them.—
Jenny Anderson,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Preteen-ager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preteen-ager. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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