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tween

[tween] / twin /


'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

Chris Pine shows off his surprising fluency in Italian in this film about a pesky tween who convinces an aimless young woman to abduct her.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

She has channeled that into art, writing the evocative and hilarious tween comedy PEN15.

From Slate Jun. 23, 2026

“And there be Measter Robin, a tween her roots.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

“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

Grantland Rice broke down the most important matchups of the upcoming season, calling the Cleveland Bulldogs-Dayton Triangles game slated for Nov. 2 that year a “titanic tussle ‘tween two Gorgons of the gridiron.”

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2010

“I’ll row the longboat out to the Susan Constant and hide in the ’tween deck.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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