adulthood
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The scans showed that atherosclerosis can appear surprisingly early in adulthood.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
“And I made all these missteps because I was also a kid. And then young adulthood was confusing because I had been waiting for everyone to get old enough to be friends with me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The 27-year-old British researcher was a talented math student who went to Cambridge and spent his young adulthood in a London intellectual community known as the “rationalists.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Eventually, adulthood is supposed to mean meeting the vegetable on its own terms — and, preferably, enjoying it.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Samuel and Liza Hamilton got all of their children raised and well toward adulthood before the turn of the century.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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