adult
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Mari Adam, a certified financial planner and educator, has been trying to get her own adult children to bump up contributions from 6% to 9% — and having no luck.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Maybe because I’m a high school kid, and I have these adult producers saying, “Hey, show up here and do this,” and I just assumed that was what I was supposed to do.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Sklar’s two adult children, appropriately enough, hate him, but it’s unclear whether he hated them first.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The severity of Emma’s teenage plan is analyzed against the kind person she’s proven herself to be as an adult.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
It seemed that every adult disagreed with me.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing adult
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