young adult

noun

1. a teenager (used especially by publishers and librarians).
2. a person in the early years of adulthood.

Example Sentences

Herrera analyzes Serros’ major works — the collections “Chicana Falsa” and “How to Be a Chicano Role Model” and the young adult novel “Honey Blond Chica.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s these two conflicting worlds, and I grew up in such a steep purity culture that it’s just hilarious to me how what I thought was brazen and inappropriate was normal rites of passage for any teenage girl or young adult.

From Los Angeles Times

It began when she was a young adult and only stopped when she moved away.

From BBC

Rangel Vega, 22, was driving a Honda Civic with his childhood friend, 22-year-old Alejandro Luquin, after attending a young adult service at Iglesia En El Camino at 14800 Sherman Way.

From Los Angeles Times

County district attorney’s office, co-sponsored the controversial 2020 California Senate Bill 145, which was intended to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in sex crimes involving a minor and a young adult.

From Los Angeles Times