adult
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Every adult in the UK has a personal allowance of £12,570 on which they don't pay any income tax.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
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
“I think this was supposed to be their first foray into quote-unquote young adult programming,” said Michel Ghanem, who writes about television.
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
But the human body has more than a few to spare—altogether, there are about 7 octillion atoms in the average adult.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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