adulting
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“The cost of adulting is high,” said Will Smayda, head of financial centers at Bank of America.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
It’s your friend’s dad who’s always around to help fix whatever home improvement, automobile, or general adulting problem you have.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 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
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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