teens
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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the years of a person's life between the ages of 13 and 19 inclusive
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all the numbers that end in -teen
Etymology
Origin of teens
1595–1605; teen (extracted from numbers with -teen as final element) + -s 3
Example Sentences
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When the first little terns were arriving this year the protective fencing around their normal nesting ground was washed away in high tides.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
More than a hundred bird species, including ducks, geese, terns, ibis, herons, eagles and vultures, had been recorded in the area, alongside monkeys and small mammals.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Elegant terns cried and circled in the distance, and pelicans flew from the ocean to the lagoon, so close overhead sometimes I could hear the flapping of their heavy wings.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Today, the New Zealand Department of Conservation calls the hedgehog “our most underrated predator,” noting that just one of them “can cause an entire colony of endangered black-fronted terns to abandon their nests.”
From Slate • Aug. 8, 2025
And I saw some terns feeding over the sandbar.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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