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coming of age

noun as in manhood/womanhood

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Lennox, a Belfast native who previously worked on the Troubles-themed coming of age comedy “Derry Girls,” played an essential role in setting its tone which, though grim, is also inflected with dark humor.

At their annual conference this weekend, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said his party had passed through its adolescent tantrums and was now coming of age.

From BBC

In 2004, this narrative of love and loss reflected my generation’s coming of age in the shadow of 9/11 and the Iraq War.

From Salon

Addressing its annual conference in Birmingham, the Reform UK leader said the party was "coming of age" after winning its first MPs in July.

From BBC

Her debut album, The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, is a real-life coming of age story, full of messy, complex relationships and tentative sexual experimentation.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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