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
Eight existing prisons have been tasked with preparing special sections for children, where they will be kept separate from adult inmates.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
I have two weddings coming up this year, and this will be my first time attending a wedding as an adult.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
All the adult actors are very pretty, including the women, though the calculation—a helpful one—was to cast performers who don’t resemble the younger selves of the present-day characters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
At a time in England when longbow archery was mandatory for all adult men, longbows, various forms of shorter bows, arrows, and other archery-related equipment were the most common weapons aboard the Mary Rose.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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