adulthood

Example Sentences

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It is increasingly common for families to financially support their kids well into adulthood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The latest trailer sees the characters leave the classroom behind and follows them in early adulthood.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

But now, as the siblings entered adulthood, their dad would be deported, too.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

The book cover trend, imbued with nostalgia for childhood, promises fiction that grapples with the pangs of adulthood in an age of precarity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Every spy was equipped with a number of these larvae, which, by feeding them carefully regulated amounts of oil and honey, they could either keep in suspended animation or bring rapidly to adulthood.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman