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teenager

noun as in adolescent

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Barbara Kepner recalled that the last day she saw her granddaughter alive, the teenager had complained about her braces bothering her.

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"We were teenagers, which in many religions is the age where you turn your gaze towards the adult world," he said.

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The series, inspired by the autobiography of trans writer, journalist and campaigner Paris Lees, follows a teenager from a working-class town near Nottingham as they wrestle with their gender identity.

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Earlier this year, teenager Maverick Trevillian became known as the "6-7" kid after a viral video showed him yelling the phrase at a basketball game while performing the accompanying hand gesture.

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And “teenagers are still teenagers. There’s anxiety no matter what .... and they overthink the admissions process.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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