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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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.
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Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
The answer was that since Sarah is 22 years old and the drinking age is 21, Sarah can legally drink alcohol.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Neon blue, pink and yellow wristbands normally handed out to tubers of legal drinking age peaked out slightly from behind dead leaves and dirt.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2025
People buying beer and cocktails will need to get a drinking age verified wristband at the ID checks and wear it throughout the festival.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024
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Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
The answer was that since Sarah is 22 years old and the drinking age is 21, Sarah can legally drink alcohol.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Neon blue, pink and yellow wristbands normally handed out to tubers of legal drinking age peaked out slightly from behind dead leaves and dirt.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2025
People buying beer and cocktails will need to get a drinking age verified wristband at the ID checks and wear it throughout the festival.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024
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 25 Mar. 2025.
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