tween
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These days, she’s best known to the teen, tween and under set for her starmaking turn as “Red” in Disney’s “Descendants” franchise, with “Descendants: Wicked Wonderland,” which dropped last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
But in between, Charlotte, now 43, says they fought over who got the first look at the mail-order catalogs that, at the time, were the first to cater specifically to a tween and teen-girl audience.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
She has channeled that into art, writing the evocative and hilarious tween comedy PEN15.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
“When we spoke to a tween girl, they would tell us that Claire’s didn’t feel like it was for them anymore,” Goad said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
It makes me feel safe, this time be- tween day and night, as though we’re floating together in an in-between place where anything is possible.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
And Wavertree once again has its ’tween deck, a modest level between the main deck and the cargo hold that had been absent for decades.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2016
“Speaking of ‘tween heartthrobs, Scott Brown is here.
From MSNBC ● Apr. 24, 2015
These “radium girls,” to get a finer tip, Would pass their paintbrush ’tween pursed lips a bit, But Mae O’Donnell could not stand that sip Of magic paint, so she was urged to quit.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2015
Weeping like a ’tween at a Justin Bieber concert, like a cougar at a “Twilight” premiere, like a little leaguer meeting Mickey Mantle.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2012
Everyone on the ’tween deck is awake in an instant.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
