preteen
Example Sentences
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The man set to become one of the world’s youngest artificial intelligence billionaires started his entrepreneurial journey as a bored preteen living in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
He started sumo wrestling, too, and as a preteen was mesmerized by a YouTube clip he saw of a famous match between sumo legends Takanohana and Asashoryu.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
The Kim regime figures other nations won’t subject preteen girls to arduous training.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
Soon after leaving that program in 2022, Audrey, who is now 21, was diagnosed with a second chronic illness: EDS, which she’d likely been living with since she was a preteen.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025
I didn’t want to appear rude, but as a preteen girl, I thought, I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing anything in here.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
