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coming of age



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We were experiencing the car culture, the coming of age of rock ’n’ roll, the Vietnam War.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

That tile so far has proved to perform well and be power-efficient, Altavilla said, and therefore “really signals a coming of age of 18A for Intel.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

He played the titular Dawson Leery, a soft-hearted and naive high schooler coming of age in a small Massachusetts town.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026

The company's new show is an ambitious production of a 2006 Broadway musical, a challenging coming of age story about a group of young people in a strict nineteenth century community.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

They are not yet adults, but in that middle stage, late adolescence, coming of age.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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