preteen

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When Eberle asked what a preteen needed a calendar for, he told her, “I want to keep track of when I’m here and when I’m at Dad’s.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grown-ups going to think?” cries Piggy, the book’s preteen standard-bearer for logic and civilization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Soon after leaving that program in 2022, Audrey, who is now 21, was diagnosed with a second chronic illness: EDS, which she’d likely been living with since she was a preteen.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

When Rubio was a preteen, her maternal grandmother even pushed her to audition for “La Voz Kids,” the Spanish offshoot of “The Voice” for singers under the age of 15.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

I didn’t want to appear rude, but as a preteen girl, I thought, I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing anything in here.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana