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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Understanding the difference between easy stories and harder truths is important for younger people who want to navigate their way through early adult life.
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Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Research is also abundant on the long-term detrimental impact of childhood trauma on a person’s mental and physical health through their adult life.
—Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
However, as a high school senior, Nate had a different vision for his adult life.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, has lived much of her adult life in the public eye — first as Miss Arizona USA, later as a ministry leader and entrepreneur, and most recently as a wife and mother who shared her husband’s outspoken Christian faith.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Research is also abundant on the long-term detrimental impact of childhood trauma on a person’s mental and physical health through their adult life.
—Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
However, as a high school senior, Nate had a different vision for his adult life.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, has lived much of her adult life in the public eye — first as Miss Arizona USA, later as a ministry leader and entrepreneur, and most recently as a wife and mother who shared her husband’s outspoken Christian faith.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Adult life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adult%20life. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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