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Recent Examples of tween
At $40, this is a great gift for the teen or tween getting into makeup for the first time and entering the world of luxury beauty.
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
At a summer camp for Muslim tweens, shy and nerdy Tanveer doesn’t expect to find a crush – especially not one who’s her bunkmate.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
A lot of the actors feel like they’ve been plucked right out of a CW show for young adults and tweens.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Those growth spurts, voices cracking and new body hair where there wasn’t any before can sometimes be a lot for tween or teen boys to handle.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
At a summer camp for Muslim tweens, shy and nerdy Tanveer doesn’t expect to find a crush – especially not one who’s her bunkmate.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
A lot of the actors feel like they’ve been plucked right out of a CW show for young adults and tweens.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Those growth spurts, voices cracking and new body hair where there wasn’t any before can sometimes be a lot for tween or teen boys to handle.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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Critics of these laws, however, say that teenagers should be able to work more to earn more money, arguing that jobs will better prepare them for life after high school.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Two worlds collide when a teenager vanishes from her Adirondacks summer camp.The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Add kids or needing to care for other family members, and that worker falls below poverty levels.Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 1 Jan. 2025
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In October, city officials sent out about 13,000 student school forms for kids to take home and complete with their families.Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2024
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According to 2023 research from Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families, unintentional drug overdoses have accounted for more than nine in 10 poisoning deaths among adolescents since 2016.Joe Edwards, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Time to Talk About Pornography: More adolescents than ever are watching it.Franz Lidz, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Culinary classes, crafts, games, scavenger hunts, and movie showings keep youngsters entertained indoors.Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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He’s meant a lot to San Jose off the ice, too, as far as his leadership and influence around the youngsters.Pierre LeBrun, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Roughly 24% of the more than 24,400 missing cases in the Namus database involve juveniles, Othram Labs said in a statement.Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2024
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That leaves librarians and booksellers having to impose unconstitutional restrictions on access to materials by older juveniles and adults, chilling their access, Brooks said.Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother.Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
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Horseshoe Bay Resort Horseshoe Bay, Texas Calling all thrill-seeking kiddos: The Jungle Kids Club at Horseshoe Bay Resort keeps little ones’ adrenaline pumping with a two-story jungle gym, tall tunnel slide, and rock-climbing wall.Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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Get the Recipe 09 of 12 September: Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole Back-to-school season calls for quick, no-fuss recipes that even the pickiest of kiddos will enjoy.Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2024
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Look down your nose at the kiddie shows and action hours, telenovelas, thrillers and endless permutations of horror, and risk missing the heartbeat of a global culture that continues to change in marvelous ways, year to year, day to day.Steven Gaydos, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
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Equipped with a kiddie pool, two flume slides and speed slides, Wave Country has activities for people of any age, with proximity to a skating park and access to Two Rivers Golf Course.Antonia Lopez, The Tennessean, 28 July 2024
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“Tween.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tween. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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