adulthood
Example Sentences
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It is increasingly common for families to financially support their kids well into adulthood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
As he reached adulthood, Daily moved around the US, spending six months in Texas with his grandmother, and six months with his father, before falling into couch surfing.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
But now, as the siblings entered adulthood, their dad would be deported, too.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
This month, Cazzie David released a book of essays about early adulthood titled “Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Process” with a cover resembling a child’s birthday cake.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
And that afternoon she seemed to accept the idea, granted me the right, the freedom so crucial to adulthood, to become a person very different in public from the person I am at home.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
