The complaint alleges that the companies pursued a strategy of targeting teens and tweens by designing their apps to exploit the psychology of children.—Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024 There is no evidence that mRNA Covid vaccines cause fatal cardiac arrest or other deadly heart problems in teens and young adults, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published Thursday shows.—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024 Zion went straight home, and Zaire went to the competitive, academic mentoring program both teens attended.—Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024 Cleanser, Sunscreen Many dermatologists agree that most tweens and teens only need a cleanser, a moisturizer and a sunscreen.—Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024 Visit colleges early or take a road trip to see a relative or friend; the space and time a road trip gives a teen and parent is irreplaceable.—Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024 Thousands of users used this short section of the track to share photographs from their teen years, including celebrities such as Drew Barrymore and Kevin Jonas.—Howard Murphy, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2024 An 18-year-old teen has died from injuries suffered in a shooting over the weekend in Raytown, police said in a news release.—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024 Each installment tried to bring the core concept of living life in another person’s shoes into modern teen settings.—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
Middle English tene, from Old English tēona injury, grief; akin to Old Norse tjōn loss, damage
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