as in grown-up
a fully grown person
at the beach, the adults sat under broad umbrellas while the children splashed in the water
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as in pornographic
dealing in or with explicitly sexual material
an adult magazine
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as in matured
fully grown or developed
insects that are butterflies in their adult stage
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Recent Examples of adult
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
22 June 2026
Kids and older adults sometimes have more intense reactions.
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Arricca Elin Sansone,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
29 Oct. 2025
The junior car had gotten seriously adult.
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Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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Harry Potter beats back evil yet again, this time as an adult.
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Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
22 June 2026
Kids and older adults sometimes have more intense reactions.
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Arricca Elin Sansone,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
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Corrigan has also appeared in independent non-adult films such as Chillerama and appeared in Gus Van Sant’s Harvey Milk biopic Milk.
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Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
29 Oct. 2025
The junior car had gotten seriously adult.
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Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adult
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Reportedly shot for less than $100,000, this tale of Pooh and Piglet all grown-up and running amok recently opened to box office success in Mexico and is currently playing on cinema screens around America.
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Our mature beauty testers are a fan of Round Lab new formula that softens and refines skin, all while offering sun protection.
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Within the Mag 7, Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet and Amazon have fallen roughly to two-month lows and the underperformance now looks mature, Newton said.
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Gibson asked for pornographic images of the minor, and sent photos of himself, according to court documents.
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While Washington drags its feet, kids across the nation are being exposed to vile, pornographic images and ads with no meaningful safeguards to prevent it.
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Think of this as the matured version of the Kool-Aid dip-dye technique.
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Morris, his wife, Debbie, the church, along with a group of current and former church elders and a former employee, still face a $1 million defamation suit filed by Cindy Clemishire and her father.
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Meanwhile, the Gen Zers now aging into homebuying represent a smaller cohort than their elders.
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Working with the fingertip has a sensuosity which is erotic and raw; there is something very direct about this process of drawing, rubbing, scratching and erasing.
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As Deadline reported, Dobrev is attached to headline and executive produce erotic thriller series Night Float in the works at Fifth Season.
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Inspired by bare skin, ripe fruit, and long days in the sun, the fragrance pairs juicy fig, pear, and bergamot with creamy coconut, jasmine, vanilla, and musks for a scent that feels like a tropical getaway bottled up.
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The warmer, lower vineyards of San Casciano, nearer Florence, lean towards soft, ripe and approachable fruit.
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“Adult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adult. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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