adulting
Americannoun
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“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
This should be a teachable moment, the adulting equivalent of an afterschool special.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 26, 2025
What’s clear is they’re twin souls, two flip and emotionally risk-adverse forever-children afraid of adulting, as the dialogue’s millennial parlance might put it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025
She’s now struggling to support herself on $27,000 a year and figure out all the adulting stuff most people went through 20 years younger.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2023
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