I. adjective
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■ NOUN
pregnancy
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There is a growing recognition of the debilitating effects of teen drug use, teen pregnancy and violence.
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We can debate all we want over funding for this or that well-meaning government program aimed at reducing teen pregnancy .
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So alarming is the frequency of adolescent childbirth that President Clinton recently announced a community-oriented campaign to prevent teen pregnancy .
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Lake County leads the region in teen pregnancies .
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teen actresses
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teen smoking
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Brown is a big color at the teen level.
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In fact, over the past four years, total teen volunteer hours increased by a magnificent 17 percent.
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Next up could be photos in teen magazines and fan letters.
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So alarming is the frequency of adolescent childbirth that President Clinton recently announced a community-oriented campaign to prevent teen pregnancy.
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The resulting book falls somewhere between the teen diary / confessional genre and the academic feminist treatise.
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There is a growing recognition of the debilitating effects of teen drug use, teen pregnancy and violence.
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Yes, teen birth rates have gone down a little of late.
II. noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
early
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Scar tissue all right; a birthmark she'd had removed in early teens in case it turned malignant.
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By her early teens she was under contract to a management firm.
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His is a temperament well calculated to flatter and intrigue readers in the early teens and to draw them into vicarious adventure.
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He comes to collect her when she's in her early teens , and makes her his wife.
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People tend to read Rebecca in their early teens .
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Later, in my early teens , I read each of themthe first of my many self-imposed reading programs.
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During his early teens , McKenzie was a competent soccer player but, as he grew his nimble-footed agility was lost.
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By his early teens he was an accomplished pianist and guitarist.
late
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Iced teas, especially Snapple and Arizona, have been hits with consumers in their late teens and early 20s.
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Tijuana in the late teens already was developing the reputation of a wide-open town.
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Two men in their late teens or early twenties came into the office and pointed their guns at the cashiers face.
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She could have been in her late teens , twenties, or perhaps early thirties.
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We particularly need people in their late teens - early twenties age group - to promote our young, slim image!
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The trick facing the milk industry is to keep kids in the milk habit into their late teens .
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As I got nearer, I saw they were young people, mostly in their late teens and early twenties.
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There were four black guys in the car, late teens to early 20s.
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Marijuana use by teens doubled between 1992 and 1995.
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The teen said yes, Arancibia told police, and the three teens surrounded the couple.
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The law exempts youths accompanied by adults, working teens and married teens.