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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Annese has spent nearly the entirety of his adult life as a football coach and has never fired up a smoothie station.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Alexan has worked in the film industry in and around Chicago most of her adult life since graduating from Columbia College in 2007.
—Jeff Banowetz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
In his adult life, Sam worked as a real estate developer in Los Angeles.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
Andy Reid has spent nearly all of his adult life in coaching.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Alexan has worked in the film industry in and around Chicago most of her adult life since graduating from Columbia College in 2007.
—Jeff Banowetz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
In his adult life, Sam worked as a real estate developer in Los Angeles.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
Andy Reid has spent nearly all of his adult life in coaching.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Adult life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adult%20life. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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