adult
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But while those phases – of family life and adult solitude - play a role in wild gorilla society, Jojo was forced into solitary confinement as an infant.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Whoever you choose, whether it’s an adult child, a relative, or a professional executor, you should have multiple discussions about the role they will take on and what you want to happen after you die.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
“But the census, people have been filling that out their whole adult lives, so to see this level of concern and then that spill over into willingness to respond was certainly bracing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
One of the biggest puzzles surrounding Homo naledi involves the remarkably similar appearance of adult fossils recovered from the cave's Dinaledi Chamber.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
“You’re an adult, and you still wanted a friendship bracelet?”
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
They hope it will inspire these girls to continue sport as young women and adults.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Such steps are important, yet less than one third of U.S. adults have a living will or advance directives, according to the Pew Research Center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Latter said that she was now campaigning for the introduction of a "staggered" age of consent that would prohibit relationships between 16- and 17-year-olds and adults.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
According to the National Council on Aging, roughly half of adults age 60 and older report symptoms of insomnia, a condition that can make it difficult to fall asleep, stay asleep, or get restful sleep.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Even an ordinary child who had been raised indoors and was used to the strange ways of adults would find such a meal intolerably dull.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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