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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Musselman grew up watching the Cowboys, and he’s spent most of his adult life coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on race day. Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 As for Pitt, his Sonny Hayes is a perfectly serviceable archetype for this: a one-time wunderkind driver wrecked by injury whose adult life becomes a morass of preposterous risk with minimal upside. Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025 Amazon has several different options, ranging from infant life jackets to toddler puddle jumpers to plus-sized adult life vests, all suited for a wide range of activities. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025 My legs: muscular during my years of playing varsity soccer and basketball and running track; long and sinewy in my later adult life; milky-pale every winter, yet sunburned often and easily in the summer. Laura Neilson, Vogue, 30 May 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 10 Jul. 2025.

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