young adult
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McElwee’s last documentary, 2011’s “Photographic Memory,” saw Adrian as a young adult, trying to come into his own and figure out his place in life amid a shifting social landscape riddled with digital black holes.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
One day in 2014, Flod’s young adult nephew, adept at climbing, helped him hoist the 4-foot, about 10-pound papier-mache sculpture atop the 70-foot pillar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
As a young adult, he attended the graduate programme of the Yale School of Drama, where he got his first experience of directing.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The team compared young, adult, and old fish, examining many aspects of protein production inside brain cells.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 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
