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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Now of legal drinking age, the three twentysomethings perfected their lyrical volleying while staying loose.
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Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
In this state, a person under 21 years old can enter an establishment serving alcohol if they're accompanied by a parent, guardian or spouse who's of legal drinking age.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2025
While the participation rate for alcoholic consumption has picked up among Gen Zers of legal drinking age, jumping from 46% in 2023 to 70% in 2025, Lodewijks said younger Americans tend to drink less often than previous generations.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
The rise of the New Wave intersected with another big change at rock clubs: The raising of the drinking age in numerous states, including Massachusetts and Connecticut, leading up to the passage of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
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Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
In this state, a person under 21 years old can enter an establishment serving alcohol if they're accompanied by a parent, guardian or spouse who's of legal drinking age.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2025
While the participation rate for alcoholic consumption has picked up among Gen Zers of legal drinking age, jumping from 46% in 2023 to 70% in 2025, Lodewijks said younger Americans tend to drink less often than previous generations.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
The rise of the New Wave intersected with another big change at rock clubs: The raising of the drinking age in numerous states, including Massachusetts and Connecticut, leading up to the passage of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 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 3 Oct. 2025.
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