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teenager

[teen-ey-jer] / ˈtinˌeɪ dʒər /
NOUN
adolescent
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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The same teenager who drafts op-eds to send to places like the Times plots his next battle attack.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Mr. Stoddard began collecting Baby Bens when he was a teenager.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Even “Firelight,” the amateur movie he made as an Arizona teenager in 1964, revolved around extraterrestrial visitors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Steve Hindley's wife Judith struggled to talk about what happened to her as a teenager when she was sent, pregnant and terrified, to a home for unmarried mothers in Kendal, Cumbria.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Born to a wealthy family of New England fabric merchants, he had dropped out of school as a teenager.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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