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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Long has spent much of his adult life in prison for similar crimes.
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Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Tamra meets Emily and Gina for lymphatic-drainage massaging, where a lumpy, spinning robot brings them all closer to orgasm than John Janssen has ever brought a woman in his adult life.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Horner has dedicated the majority of his adult life to his work at Red Bull.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 July 2025
My less-than-a-year in Paris was the most linguistically dense of my adult life.
—Benedict Nguyễn
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
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Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Tamra meets Emily and Gina for lymphatic-drainage massaging, where a lumpy, spinning robot brings them all closer to orgasm than John Janssen has ever brought a woman in his adult life.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Horner has dedicated the majority of his adult life to his work at Red Bull.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 July 2025
My less-than-a-year in Paris was the most linguistically dense of my adult life.
—Benedict Nguyễn
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
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“Adult life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adult%20life. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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