adult
Example Sentences
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To examine these outcomes, researchers from the University of Oxford reviewed clinical trials and observational studies involving adults who used medications approved for weight loss.
From Science Daily
Helping to care for grandchildren may serve as a buffer against cognitive decline in older adults, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
From Science Daily
The broader trends in violent crime in the survey, which is of adults aged over 16, were more flat.
From BBC
They found that younger children, who spent more of their childhoods in the new housing, tended to do better as adults than their older brothers and sisters.
"I just didn't understand what was happening to me - you feel like a child in an adult's body when parts of you are shutting down," she said.
From BBC
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