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preteen

[pree-teen] / priˈtin /


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Sindarov, however, has been on the fast track to greatness since he was a preteen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

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

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

Well, sure, when he put it like that, I could see that I was never going to become a preteen real estate mogul if I wasted earnings by renting rather than buying.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen