tween
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She has channeled that into art, writing the evocative and hilarious tween comedy PEN15.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
Claire's, founded in the US, first appeared on British high streets in the late 1990s selling jewellery and accessories mainly aimed at tween and teenage girls, and offering ear piercing services.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
They can also feel like time capsules to other dimensions; his 12-year-old daughter was scandalized by how normative bullying was after she read “Blubber,” Blume’s 1974 novel about tween mean girls and body shaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
I don’t use Snapchat because I’m not a tween.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2025
It makes me feel safe, this time be- tween day and night, as though we’re floating together in an in-between place where anything is possible.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
“Speaking of ‘tween heartthrobs, Scott Brown is here.
From MSNBC ● Apr. 24, 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
"How do you deal with comments from managers such as 'I was born in 1962' and people referring to me as a 'tween?"
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2010
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
Captain Newport’s baritone voice fills the ’tween deck.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
