young adult
Americannoun
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young adults
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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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As a young adult, he dropped out of college, worked at Berkshire’s candy company See’s and eventually turned to agriculture—running a farm his father bought.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
For instance, variants associated with extraversion in a young adult living in the Netherlands could also help predict extraversion in an older retired adult in the United States.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Brennan Drolet, a senior at Endicott College in Massachusetts, has determined that home ownership is not his top financial priority as he begins his life as a young adult.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Skates said he still recognised the anxiety that affected him as a child and young adult, but has learned to manage it through treatment and talking therapies.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
It’s all but impossible to reach that number all by yourself by the time you’re a young adult.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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