legal age
noun
: the age at which a person enters into full adult legal rights and responsibilities (as of making contracts or wills)
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Back in 2005, the town of Needham, a Boston suburb, became the first place in the country to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 21.
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Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
The law also prevents legal age adults who are not yet 21 from working in other capacities that do not involve nude entertainment, the suit said.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 4 July 2024
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 27% of kids tried alcohol before the legal age and the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported in 2023 that sizeable percentages of eighth graders are testing drugs from vaping to THC.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 2 July 2024
Like the majority of U.S. states, Wisconsin does not actually have a legal age requirement for children to be left home alone.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2024
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Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
The law also prevents legal age adults who are not yet 21 from working in other capacities that do not involve nude entertainment, the suit said.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 4 July 2024
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 27% of kids tried alcohol before the legal age and the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported in 2023 that sizeable percentages of eighth graders are testing drugs from vaping to THC.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 2 July 2024
Like the majority of U.S. states, Wisconsin does not actually have a legal age requirement for children to be left home alone.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2024
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legal age
noun
le·gal age
ˈlē-gəl- 
: the age at which a person enters into full adult legal rights and responsibilities (as of making contracts or wills)
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