as in adults
a fully grown person
once you turn 12, you get to eat with the grown-ups at Thanksgiving
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adults
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Another would allow kids as young as 14 to be tried as adults for certain crimes.—
Joey Garrison,
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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.—
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10 Sep. 2025
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“Grown-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grown-ups. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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