young adult
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The team compared young, adult, and old fish, examining many aspects of protein production inside brain cells.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
An orphaned sea otter pup and a young adult female have found each other and a new home in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
As a teenager and young adult, Jessica tried to learn more about her mom’s case.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Erin Moriarity started saving and investing in her teens, and was “aggressively chasing FIRE” as a young adult “through very traditional behaviors: working, budgeting, and saving and investing,” she told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026
Anatole has reorganized the secondary school, which had been in pure collapse for ten years—hardly a young adult in Kimvula village can read.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
