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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This year my oldest, Ava, is a high school senior, which has stirred up a big emphasis on trying to guide her through those first scary steps to starting her adult life.
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Charlotte Observer, 15 Dec. 2025
John Speer has spent much of his adult life working for the Kansas City Fire Department.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025
But Jefferson, 68, has spent most of his adult life in Del Paso Heights, a historically low-income neighborhood in Northeast Sacramento.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Dec. 2025
There are two main voices in the soundtrack of my adult life, you and Bono.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 15 Dec. 2025
John Speer has spent much of his adult life working for the Kansas City Fire Department.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025
But Jefferson, 68, has spent most of his adult life in Del Paso Heights, a historically low-income neighborhood in Northeast Sacramento.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Dec. 2025
There are two main voices in the soundtrack of my adult life, you and Bono.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 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 23 Dec. 2025.
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