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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Crow performed as an instrumental jazz rock guitarist for the first 25 years of his adult life.
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Cortney Fries, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
Most of my adult life has been dedicated to public service in the fire and emergency services field.
—Peter Buonome, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2025
Sharing the stage with Wilke is gentle and endearing actor Andrew Oswald, who plays the legionnaire running the debate, as well as Mike, a gay White man who has seen his rights trampled for most of his adult life, but retains a positive, life-loving spirit.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The actor struggled for most of his adult life with substance abuse — and had a near-death experience in 2018 at the age of 49 as a result of his opioid use.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Cortney Fries, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
Most of my adult life has been dedicated to public service in the fire and emergency services field.
—Peter Buonome, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2025
Sharing the stage with Wilke is gentle and endearing actor Andrew Oswald, who plays the legionnaire running the debate, as well as Mike, a gay White man who has seen his rights trampled for most of his adult life, but retains a positive, life-loving spirit.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The actor struggled for most of his adult life with substance abuse — and had a near-death experience in 2018 at the age of 49 as a result of his opioid use.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for adult life
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“Adult life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adult%20life. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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