adults

plural of adult

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Recent Examples of adults Another would allow kids as young as 14 to be tried as adults for certain crimes. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 Advertisement Other proposals include lowering the age of juveniles who can be prosecuted as adults from 16 to 14 and allowing the president to appoint the city’s attorney general. Connor Greene, Time, 10 Sep. 2025 Foundation, that works to empower children and adults in underserved communities. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025 The journey has taken Bill years, but Timothy says his father protected him the whole time, from both Bill’s own internal struggles and the adults who sought to condemn Timothy as a teen. Sam Gillette, People.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Death rates were higher for men than women, for older adults, and for Black Americans compared with other racial and ethnic groups. Pien Huang, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025 This sharing allows both adults to enjoy ad-free listening on shuffle mode. Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025 What Researchers Found To understand how dietary habits and other lifestyle factors impact risk, scientists analyzed data from 927,130 Japanese adults over age 20 enrolled in a medical database called DeSC. Simon Spichak, Health, 3 Sep. 2025 Users can then add adults or children who live at the same address. Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adults
elders
Noun
  • Directly referencing elders in such a manner is exceptionally rare in ancient inscriptions, underscoring the significance of the find.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Our elders know how to make tools and sealskin pants the right way.
    Jennie Punter, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025

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