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Recent Examples of tween
Girl Scouts, book clubs and tweens buzzed the joint like a Bronx quinceañera.
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Caroline Aiken Koster, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
Like many others, Zachary Quinto experienced awkward and embarrassing moments during his tween years.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
With an emphasis on the outdoors, the club immerses kids and tweens ages three to 12 in Hawaiian culture, with activities such as lei making, koi fish feeding, and shell combing on the property’s private beach.
—Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
As first reported by our sister site Deadline, the streamer has removed a bunch of series made for children and tweens, including the former Nickelodeon sitcom about high school friends who become a wildly successful boy band.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Caroline Aiken Koster, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
Like many others, Zachary Quinto experienced awkward and embarrassing moments during his tween years.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
With an emphasis on the outdoors, the club immerses kids and tweens ages three to 12 in Hawaiian culture, with activities such as lei making, koi fish feeding, and shell combing on the property’s private beach.
—Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
As first reported by our sister site Deadline, the streamer has removed a bunch of series made for children and tweens, including the former Nickelodeon sitcom about high school friends who become a wildly successful boy band.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tween
Noun
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Video obtained by The Charlotte Observer showed jail staff speeding through supervision rounds before Dwight Weller, a man working in the jail, saw the teenager hanging and jolted back.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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His 11 Premier League goals that calendar year were the most by a teenager since Wayne Rooney in 2005, including a hat-trick over Newcastle United that September.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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As the years went on, Underwood began to occasionally share a rare grid photo of her kids — but most of them would be via her Instagram Story; photos that would expire after 24 hours.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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This tragically poignant tale of this kid losing his other half.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Research published in 2014 in the Journal of Adolescence highlights that adolescents who are high in rejection sensitivity are more likely to perceive their romantic partners as being conflictual, even when the interactions are neutral or non-hostile.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Nicotine, the primary chemical in cigarettes, is highly addictive, and the developing minds of adolescents may be especially vulnerable.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
15 Jan. 2025
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The youngster suffered minor injuries to his head, back and arm, but refused medical attention, his mother said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The youngster had been the latest absentee in Arsenal’s defence, with Saliba, White and Takehiro Tomiyasu sidelined.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Five juveniles on e-bikes were riding around the parking lot and almost hit a pedestrian.—
Isha Trivedi,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Some Bills fans even started raising money toward a charity for juveniles with diabetes that Andrews supports.—
Sam Cohn,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 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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Pullen Park’s another great spot for family fun, where playgrounds, a carousel and train, and pedal boats will keep the kiddos entertained for hours.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Hoopla Toys Snowball Thrower Set $15 at Amazon Challenge your kiddo to a snowball fight this winter with a set of snowball throwers.—
Laura Lu,
Parents,
7 Jan. 2025
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My daughter’s friends, mostly third- and fourth-graders, invest significant amounts of time in dance and gymnastics, in baseball and martial arts, in after-school Mandarin and kiddie architecture.—
Lauren Hilgers,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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The Boca Raton Boca Raton, Florida For kids staying at The Boca Raton, paradise comes in the form of whimsical kids’ clubs, a 450-foot lazy river, an interactive splash zone, poolside kiddie cabanas, and a surf simulator.—
Gina Kramer,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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