adult
Example Sentences
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In the early thirties, the brain's wiring shifts into an adult configuration.
From Science Daily
In South Africa, where one in five adults lives with HIV, a Wits University research unit oversaw the rollout as part of an initiative funded by Unitaid, the United Nations health agency.
From Barron's
To investigate this effect, the researchers carried out two randomized studies involving healthy adults.
From Science Daily
More than three-quarters of Australian adults agreed with the new legislation before it passed, a poll indicated.
From Barron's
More than any other generation, young adults are tightening their year-end spending budgets and shelling out less for gifts, survey data shows.
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