adult

Example Sentences

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The study found that middle age and older adults at elevated risk for cardiometabolic disease benefited from extending their overnight fasting window by roughly two hours.

From Science Daily

If the stakes weren’t so high, it would have been almost comical to see an adult behave so childishly in such a formal setting.

From Salon

Under Ghana's Cybersecurity Act 2020, anyone who publishes explicit images of children or adults without full consent can face up to 25 years in prison.

From BBC

It is especially popular for genres like romance, young adult fiction and "romantasy," often turning older books into sudden bestsellers.

From BBC

It is the game that took him to Barcelona's famed La Masia academy as a child and European glory as an adult.

From BBC