teenager
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of teenager
Example Sentences
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When she hiked up the mountain a week prior, on Dec. 21, she descended through the Devil’s Backbone Trail and ran into a group of teenagers, one wearing Nike Dunks — basketball shoes.
From Los Angeles Times
The other two hikers were not hiking with the teenager, and it is not clear how long they had been deceased on the mountain.
From BBC
The teenager has seven goals and eight assists after 14 La Liga games for Barcelona so far this season.
From BBC
Queen Camilla has spoken for the first time publicly about fighting off an attacker on a train when she was a teenager, in an interview broadcast Wednesday.
From Barron's
"That, when I was a teenager, I was attacked on a train… I remember at the time being so angry," she said.
From BBC
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