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adult

[uh-duhlt, ad-uhlt] / əˈdʌlt, ˈæd ʌlt /
ADJECTIVE
being mature, fully grown
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NOUN
a mature, fully grown person
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
grownup
WEAK
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It’s a growing demographic hitting both genders, driven in part by climbing divorce rates among older Americans and a rising number of adult children becoming alienated from their parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Unified adult school and works for the district as an attendance counselor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The team compared young, adult, and old fish, examining many aspects of protein production inside brain cells.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Later, as an adult, she said she realised the incidents were abnormal.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Me as a kid and him as a teen, almost an adult.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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