young adult
Example Sentences
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As a young adult, she enjoyed what appeared to be a happy marriage to Charles “Handsome Charlie” Eldredge, a doting bank cashier, before tragedy struck, and struck again.
“St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Less Than Zero,” “Pretty in Pink” — all are stories about young adult cliques and clans, movies chronicling adolescent identity and the pervasive loneliness that exists when we inevitably drift apart from one another, when we push one another away.
From Los Angeles Times
In addition to emphasizing comedies, there’s a lot of opportunity to develop young adult films, Lin said.
From Los Angeles Times
The victim, who is now a young adult, was finally identified and contacted after researchers saw a picture of her school uniform.
From BBC
That wasn’t being reflected in the young adult projects he saw.
From Los Angeles Times
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