adults
Example Sentences
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"If she could build and manipulate the trust of adults across an entire community so effectively, think about how little power babies and young children had behind those closed doors."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Social isolation among older adults also accounts for about $6.7 billion in excess Medicare spending a year, largely due to increased hospital and nursing-facility spending, according to the 2023 surgeon general’s report.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
As cancers typically associated with adults continue to appear at younger ages, they also stress the importance of coordinating care between pediatric and adult medical teams and developing treatment plans tailored to these patients.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Among the 5,060 people arrested since the start of the movement, 87% were minors and 13% were adults, according to France's justice ministry, external.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Apparently the children had understood far more about the family’s troubles than the adults in their lives imagined they did.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
