adult
Example Sentences
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Muslims are about 2% of the adult population in Texas, according to the Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape Study, completed in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times
Because the specimen is a juvenile, scientists cannot yet confirm whether adult individuals of the species retained the same structures as they matured.
From Science Daily
Officers met with medics at the scene who declared an adult female dead.
From Los Angeles Times
The settings, which have been in place for users in Australia and UK since 2025, mean people cannot access sensitive content or age-restricted servers and channels unless they are verified as an adult.
From BBC
And so they tell the story as adults, as if nothing ever changed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
