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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Chandler was born in Holyoke, Mass., and lived for most of his adult life in nearby South Hadley, Mahaffee said. —

Audrey McAvoy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025 Chandler was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and lived for most of his adult life in nearby South Hadley, Mahaffee said. —

CBS News, 1 Jan. 2025 The flight, spanning five-to-eight days, takes up to half the adventurous animals' adult life. —

New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2024 After a series of losses, including a horrific experience in Italy inflicted on László by Harrison, their beloved niece moving to Israel to start her own adult life, and the continued sense that the Doylestown center will never be completed, the Tóths seem poised to finally fracture. —

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