as in grown-ups
a fully grown person
at the beach, the adults sat under broad umbrellas while the children splashed in the water
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Recent Examples of adults
Of those, about 44,000 were working adults and 42,000 were working for an employer, according to the report.
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Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Yet just 10% of seniors are happy with the annual COLAs, a recent survey from the nonpartisan senior group found, based on responses from 1,920 adults age 62 or older.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
In its 2022 pilot program in New York, which assessed the effects of an AI chatbot on older adults’ mental health, a vast majority reported a decline in loneliness and an improvement in well-being.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
The wearable keepsake will be distributed like JetBlue wings pins, upon request and available to children and adults.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Soon there were then six Socialists in the state legislature; more than three thousand Sooners belonged to the party—one of every three hundred adults in the state.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Food Sources of Calcium The following includes examples of calcium-rich foods and their approximate percent Daily Value (% DV) based on a 1,300 mg daily requirement for adults.
—Trang Tran, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Third, at least two of every 10,000 adults die each day from non-trauma causes.
—Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
It’s recommended that most adults get at least 600 IU of vitamin D each day.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Yet just 10% of seniors are happy with the annual COLAs, a recent survey from the nonpartisan senior group found, based on responses from 1,920 adults age 62 or older.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
In its 2022 pilot program in New York, which assessed the effects of an AI chatbot on older adults’ mental health, a vast majority reported a decline in loneliness and an improvement in well-being.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
The wearable keepsake will be distributed like JetBlue wings pins, upon request and available to children and adults.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Soon there were then six Socialists in the state legislature; more than three thousand Sooners belonged to the party—one of every three hundred adults in the state.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Food Sources of Calcium The following includes examples of calcium-rich foods and their approximate percent Daily Value (% DV) based on a 1,300 mg daily requirement for adults.
—Trang Tran, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Third, at least two of every 10,000 adults die each day from non-trauma causes.
—Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
It’s recommended that most adults get at least 600 IU of vitamin D each day.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adults
elders
Noun
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The duty to settle honor scores was forced upon Rashida by his elders.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The bride is anxious too, since in her South Asian culture, standing up to her elders like that is considered a generally bad thing to do and creates longterm family tension.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Adults.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adults. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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