Example Sentences

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Along with helping to bring neurons to an adultlike state faster in the lab, the approach holds promise for other cell types, the researchers note.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

“It relieves a lot of the adultlike stresses that the kids carry around.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

Later in life, those foundational infant calming skills learned in response to parental care develop into more adultlike habits for regulating distress, like counting to 10 or taking deep breaths.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2022

And by the way, when we say “fully developed” brain by age 25, we mean adultlike.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2020

The infant microbiota changes from month to month, moving erratically toward an adultlike state.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2015