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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In his adult life, the younger Mr. Landau became a director of the Diplomacy Center Foundation, a nonprofit group that supports a museum about American diplomacy inside the State Department. —

Edward Wong, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2024 His adult life spiraled into homelessness, psychiatric hospitalizations, drug abuse and criminal convictions, including assaults at subway stations. —

Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 His adult life spiraled into homelessness, psychiatric hospitalizations, drug abuse and criminal convictions, including for assaulting people at subway stations. —

Philip Marcelo The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024 In effect, guardians serve as their wards’ proxies in all other aspects of adult life. —

Eugene R. Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for adult life