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preteen

noun as in adolescent

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“Kids and preteens,” a recent National Research Group report concluded, “have been the driving force behind many of the biggest theatrical success stories of the past three years.”

Through these exchanges, Gillespie tried to set up a meeting with a preteen girl in Lebanon County, some 200 miles east of Pittsburgh.

As a preteen, it was that displayed strength that first drew me to Lansbury.

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Sidhwa would conduct a poll of dozens of American doctors, nurses and medics who said they, too, had treated preteen children who had been shot in the head.

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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.

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

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