teenage
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of teenage
Example Sentences
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Yet the teenage unemployment rate—the share of teens looking for work who can’t find it—is lower today, at 14%, than the 16% registered in 1979.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Ann Harvey contacted BBC Your Voice last month after her teenage son had failed to get a test in Reading and finally sat his driving test in Bury St Edmunds, more than 130 miles away.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
For example, teenage births in the United States have been falling since the early 1990s, long before the dawn of the smartphone.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Wearing a handmade sock puppet with large googly eyes she found at Walmart, Esquivel read “Snuggle Puppy!” in a high-pitched voice as her teenage daughter recorded.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
“Well, there is a way. The cleaning woman at the jail has a teenage son and they’ve almost picked him up twice. She’s desperate to find another place for him to live.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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