come of age
Example Sentences
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But “when we start to look at the loans flowing through our origination channels, we see the opposite — we see Gen Z continuing to come of age into home buying,” he added.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026
Trust in institutions and fellow citizens has declined, and many young people have come of age amid political polarization, technological and economic change, unhinged social media, Covid-era isolation and geopolitical uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Finn: So much has been talked about Brevis from a young age and it finally feels like he has come of age.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
We have to remember that the young adults sampled in the Yale poll are the first to come of age politically after the Great Recession and during the pandemic.
From Salon • May 8, 2025
They had been born in the wartime years; they’d been raised by parents who’d come of age in the Depression, who threw nothing out, not even moldy food.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
