age of consent
Example Sentences
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As the documentary points out, the age of consent in California is 18.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
This was the year Japan passed landmark laws to redefine rape from "forcible sexual intercourse" to "non-consensual sexual intercourse" and raised the age of consent from 13 to 16.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
New York judge William Thompson Howell wrote 500 pages that spanned provisions on dueling, accidental homicides by ax and age of consent that would govern the newly formed territory of fewer than 7,000 people.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
It has been this way since 1885 in the UK, when the age of consent was raised from 13.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2023
She was of opinion that the age of consent ought to be raised to eighteen at least, a course for which there is much to be said.
From Regeneration by Henry Rider Haggard
