drinking age

noun

: the age at which a person can legally buy and drink alcohol
The drinking age in the U.S. is 21.

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The lavish vacation experience provides students with the chance to network in some of the hottest travel destinations – including Punta Cana and Nassau – where the drinking age is 18 years old, and ID checks are relaxed. Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Remarkably, this is the same number of days between reaching legal drinking age and crossing into middle age. Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 Among Millennials, the rate was 22%, whereas Gen Z (15%) and Gen X (11%) fell significantly behind (though, the majority of Gen Z is below the legal drinking age). Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025 Photo : Hublot Hublot Big Bang This year, the Big Bang is celebrating its 20th birthday—not quite of legal drinking age here in the States but nonetheless firmly coming out of its teen years and into adulthood. Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drinking age

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“Drinking age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20age. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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