grown-up

Example Sentences

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Cassidy Savage helped her 16-year-old son, Parker, look for a summer job and said it required treating the endeavor like a grown-up search.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

A maximalist, grown-up riff on seven-layer dip: smoky chorizo, creamy beans, sweet corn and tangy crema stacked into something closer to a full meal than a snack.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

"Sometimes I feel he is more grown-up and I'm more childish," she says, "though I can be quite bossy."

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Suddenly, I wasn’t a grown-up woman living in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

If you got your ISDA, you could in theory trade with the big Wall Street firms, if not as an equal then at least as a grown-up.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis