adult
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In part, this archetype, as Fiedler dubs it, reflects our literature’s recurrent failure to deal honestly with adult heterosexual love and its attendant responsibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The “KPop Demon Hunters” collaboration with McDonald’s, released in late March, featured two “dueling” adult meals that each came with a collectible card.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Thomas moved with his partner, leaving his four adult children in Wales.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Among all the amino acids tested, cysteine produced the strongest regenerative effect on both stem cells and progenitor cells, which eventually mature into adult intestinal cells.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
“Yeah, well, I don’t want it to be my responsibility! Why should it be on me? I still don’t have all my adult teeth!”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing adult
Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 1
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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Middle School
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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Introductory
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