adult life
noun
: the period from the time one became an adult
I've worked here all of my adult life.
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She was bullied horribly in her youth by a girl named Julia (Nicole Lecky) who returns in her adult life at the worst possible moment.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
However, having worn short hair for most of my adult life, returning to a bob haircut simply didn’t feel dramatic enough for me.
—Rio Viera-Newton, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
Born in 1923, he was raised in OTR and lived in Price Hill his whole adult life.
—Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2024
His accounts of adult life do not shy away from humiliation and defeat.
—Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
However, having worn short hair for most of my adult life, returning to a bob haircut simply didn’t feel dramatic enough for me.
—Rio Viera-Newton, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
Born in 1923, he was raised in OTR and lived in Price Hill his whole adult life.
—Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2024
His accounts of adult life do not shy away from humiliation and defeat.
—Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Adult life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adult%20life. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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