teens

Example Sentences

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Heaney believes that Netflix could catch a break from this short form video competition as more countries implement social media bans for teens.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I didn’t just read it when I was 11, I went back to it when I was in my teens, in my 20s, then twice again in my 30s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Yet the teenage unemployment rate—the share of teens looking for work who can’t find it—is lower today, at 14%, than the 16% registered in 1979.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

And yeah, the Dead Kennedys were a big deal in my late teens.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

I would play basketball in the mornings with the boys who were just reaching their teens, and then stoop ball or punchball on the block with boys my age.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers