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

They examined regional differences in rice price inflation between 1997 and 2000 and compared those patterns with body measurements recorded during childhood and later in early adulthood.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

Still, the offer made her feel strangely proud, like her adulthood had registered to him.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez