come of age
Example Sentences
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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
An MVP candidate has come of age on the biggest stage, delivering numbers, highlights, and importantly, attitude, and putting the rest of the league on permanent notice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Catherine Croft, director of campaign group Twentieth Century Society, said the "battle has been won and Brutalism has finally come of age".
From BBC • Feb. 10, 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
Both Burr and Hamilton thought of themselves as great men who happened to come of age at one of those strategic points in the campaign of history called the American revolutionary era.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
