young adult
Americannoun
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young adults
plural
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a teenager (used especially by publishers and librarians).
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a person in the early years of adulthood.
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LegalShield also found that 36% of parents had made sure that their young adult children over 18 had a power of attorney filled out.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
It aimed to appeal to young adult shoppers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Lynn Nguyen, Chinatown’s young adult librarian, has taken to delivering groceries door to door since 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
McElwee’s last documentary, 2011’s “Photographic Memory,” saw Adrian as a young adult, trying to come into his own and figure out his place in life amid a shifting social landscape riddled with digital black holes.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Anatole has reorganized the secondary school, which had been in pure collapse for ten years—hardly a young adult in Kimvula village can read.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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