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adulting

American  

[uh-duhlt-ing, ad-uhlt-ing] / əˈdʌlt ɪŋ, ˈæd ʌlt ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of carrying out the everyday tasks associated with adulthood, and of taking on adult responsibilities.

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Other Word Forms

• adulter
  noun

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adulting

“The cost of adulting is high,” said Will Smayda, head of financial centers at Bank of America.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026

“Instead of adulting, we can go back to being a kid for a very short amount of time through our food,” Moss says.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

Hopefully I’ll live a long time, and by the time they have to think about managing my affairs, they’ll know a lot more about adulting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

I know the term adulting gets thrown around by my millennial cohort, but my husband and I, early 30s, are thinking about kids soon and realized we need to make some major changes.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2024

Because no one wants to live forever in a tiny home or a hotel room, with a curfew and strict rules on what housed people would just call adulting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

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