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the time when a person becomes an adult
The film is about a young man's coming-of-age.
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Recent Examples of coming-of-age
Summer Sisters is a coming-of-age book about two friends, Victoria Leonard and Caitlin Somers, who are opposites, and their journey through school and life, and all the complexities that ensue (like when Caitlin forgets the girl code for a season, and marries Vix’s high school love).
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025
The embryo of my novel was a lighthearted coming-of-age story following a boy around my students’ age.
—Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Joining the din of already raucous sequel-mania, studios have offered audiences revival after revival aimed at capturing coming-of-age nostalgia.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Hill, who previously helmed the indie coming-of-age dramedy Mid90s, is directing and co-writing, while Ezra Woods is also helping pen the project.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025
The embryo of my novel was a lighthearted coming-of-age story following a boy around my students’ age.
—Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Joining the din of already raucous sequel-mania, studios have offered audiences revival after revival aimed at capturing coming-of-age nostalgia.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Hill, who previously helmed the indie coming-of-age dramedy Mid90s, is directing and co-writing, while Ezra Woods is also helping pen the project.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming-of-age
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Randy Tucker No matter how big or small, every development project must start somewhere, and Avondale residents now know where one of the newest developments coming to their neighborhood will begin.—
Randy Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Aug. 2025
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But the nearest thing to a glimmer of a positive would be that the fast development of COVID-19 vaccines helped prevent many more deaths and led to rapid progress in our understanding and use of mRNA technology.—
Simon Williams,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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This process includes four separate stages: wound healing, formation of a special cell mass, emergence of a lens and retina, and the maturation of all eye components.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
6 Aug. 2025
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Conclusion: Optimizing For The Long Game The AI industry's transformation from scale-focused to efficiency-focused represents beneficial maturation for the entire ecosystem.—
Dhruv Roongta,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The best essays reveal a student’s intellectual curiosity, emotional maturity, and sense of purpose.—
Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Podcasts are adulting, in other words, which signals the medium’s maturity and increasing dominance.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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Share stories of lateral moves in company updates—not as policy footnotes but as real growth journeys.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Across the economy, there is evidence that import taxes are raising prices and slowing growth.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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This year’s Next Billion-Dollar Startups tells a story of evolution: not just in valuation potential, but in how startups are getting there.—
TrueBridge Capital,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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We were actually really inspired by this documentary, Los Angeles Plays Itself, about how film almost historically captures Los Angeles’ evolution through projects being filmed here.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Coming-of-age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming-of-age. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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