adult
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Prosecutor Michael Robertson asked Belov: "You were the adult in this situation, you could have just walked away couldn't you?"
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Coyotes and other canids serve as the primary hosts for adult tapeworms.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Social media services, including adult content platforms, would also face new requirements under the law to "mitigate risks associated with exposure" to various categories of harmful content and apply labels to synthetically generated content.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Some beneficiaries, such as adult children, may not realize they have to empty an inherited IRA in 10 years from the date of death.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
“You were always clinging. Onto your mother, onto whichever adult was caring for the littles that season. Dahlia and I joked that your chosen name should be Ivy, because of how tightly you clung.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Vocabulary lists containing adult
Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 1
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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Middle School
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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Introductory
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