adult
noun
a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
adults
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pluralof adult.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Affected former students, including those who are now adults, are eligible for 24 months of free identity-protection services and identity-restoration help if there is identity theft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
A girl of 16 and a boy of 11 were found being kept in the same room as adults in the Mpumalanga centre.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
It also offers a possible explanation for why some older adults experience greater improvements from exercise than others.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I was losing childhood’s innocent credulity,” he writes, “and beginning to realize that adults had weaknesses too.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The bars were spaced too far apart, since it was made for adults.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
