adults

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Young adults said there was often pressure from delivery companies who use deals and discounts to entice them, meanwhile a food historian has said our changing workplace culture had also had an impact.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Almost a third of U.S. adults experience “consistent financial stress,” according to a new Edward Jones and Gallup Money and Meaning poll released this week.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

County alone, according to the 2025 USC demographic survey, 70.4 percent of homeless adults were already living in the county when they lost housing; 90 percent had been there for at least a year.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Generally once they become adults, the bugs only have a few weeks to shine—and mate—before dying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Doc frowned at him with that worried look adults bestow on children they can’t quite figure out and don’t know what to ask next or whether they should even ask anything at all.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste