adult life
noun
: the period from the time one became an adult
I've worked here all of my adult life.
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Hawking began his research career in the 1960s, well before his diagnosis with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) led him to use a wheelchair and communicate through technology rather than his voice for most of his adult life.
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
At the time of the crime, Hoffman was 18 and has since spent much of his adult life at the penitentiary in rural southeast Louisiana, where he was executed Tuesday evening.
—arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The ratings trend for the Academy Awards has shown a decline for much of my adult life.
—Mike Pearl, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
So much of Alex’s adult life has been spent trying to step out of her father’s shadow.
—Max Gao, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
At the time of the crime, Hoffman was 18 and has since spent much of his adult life at the penitentiary in rural southeast Louisiana, where he was executed Tuesday evening.
—arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The ratings trend for the Academy Awards has shown a decline for much of my adult life.
—Mike Pearl, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
So much of Alex’s adult life has been spent trying to step out of her father’s shadow.
—Max Gao, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for adult life
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“Adult life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adult%20life. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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