- plural of adult.
adults
Example Sentences
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She says she feels adults have let her down.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Secularism reinforces this alignment: 43% of Oregon adults are religiously unaffiliated, 14 points higher than the national average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
This is especially true for young adults with children.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
And though she has always pushed for diversity on screen — including in her short films “Virgencita” and “Bullfighter” — for “The Musical,” Bonilla believed the adults had to be white.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Cholera didn’t discriminate, killing adults and children in the south and the north.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
