When he turned eighteen, Sam knew he was an adult. From LearnThat.org.
An adult animal. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Please use the term adult offspring in your online expectorations. From Wordnik.com. [The Spring Break Nostalgia Café.] Reference
"When it comes to the term adult soft drink, taste is a priority," claimed Dewey. From Wordnik.com. [BeverageDaily RSS] Reference
Amazon Fail: Certain "adult" books (like mine) are de-ranked. From Wordnik.com. [Amazon Fail: Certain "adult" books (like mine) are de-ranked - Feministing] Reference
Amazon Fail: Certain "adult" books (like mine) are de-ranked - Feministing. From Wordnik.com. [Amazon Fail: Certain "adult" books (like mine) are de-ranked - Feministing] Reference
/You have already to a great extent targeted the population since the word adult is used. From Wordnik.com. [Help Organising An Adult Literacy Program….urgent !!? « Adult Literacy-2 « Literacy Help « Literacy News] Reference
You know, there's pop; there's what they call adult contemporary, whatever that may be; and then there's like Sting music. From Wordnik.com. [Bassist Christian McBride, Plying the Bottom Groove] Reference
Sad to me that a lazy mind by an adult is a choice. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » The Quiet Crisis: Major Achievement Gaps Between Minority and White High School Graduates] Reference
The adult is effectively "cut out" of the actual crime. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Swarm Crime in Rio] Reference
For safety reasons, only one adult is allowed in the PACU. From Wordnik.com. [General Anesthesia for Outpatients] Reference
They are the whiners on the schoolyard in adult-sized bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » South Dakotans reject abortion ban.] Reference
ENDER'S GAME, usually shelved in adult sci-fi, has a YA edition. From Wordnik.com. [An Interesting Post Over at Planet Esme] Reference
It also is a leading cause of serious, long-term adult disability. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
Hypocalcemic tetany as an early sign of DiGeorge syndrome in adult woman. From Wordnik.com. [Resources for Healthcare Professionals] Reference
Hence there is a link between childhood health and long-term adult health. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
Bullies are, after all, mirroring the prejudices they see in adult society. From Wordnik.com. [The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Palin Revives Death Panels; Boobs Against Breast Cancer; and the Anti-Gay Bullying Crisis] Reference
We hear about the drastic decline in adult fiction readership all the time. From Wordnik.com. [Writing for Kids] Reference
I would also offer that the marketing label of "young adult" is sometimes just that. From Wordnik.com. [Hey! What's Your Beef with Young Adult SF/F?] Reference
I myself had to work like an adult from the age of eight, although I was small and weak. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke] Reference
Foundation to label adult content so that it can be filtered more effectively by schools. From Wordnik.com. [The Register] Reference
Both with teen protagonists facing coming-of-age dilemmas, both shelved in adult fiction. From Wordnik.com. [An Interesting Post Over at Planet Esme] Reference
One benefit of the regime effect is to create greater equality in adult family relationships. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Quayle Was Right] Reference
How can a legal system decide that an adult is not allowed to know where she or he came from?. From Wordnik.com. [roots] Reference
He thinks people will pay for that music, too, especially the fans he calls the adult audience. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
If we ‘choose’ to engage in adult play, we should live with the consequence of our actions. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Selective Libertarianism] Reference
These people will grow up playing games and will be more willing to try them later in adult life. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get Gamers to Play Online] Reference
The big problem for the Institute, however, has been to assist those who lose their sight in adult life. From Wordnik.com. [Canada's Place in Work for the Blind] Reference
And being adult is a big part of what differentiates the progressive mindset from conservative thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
This morphological difference between the new-born child and the adult is bridged so slowly during growth. From Wordnik.com. [The Montessori Method] Reference
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in Canada, and the leading cause of long-term adult disability. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
The case involves an adult from the Baltimore area who was hospitalized but is recovering, officials said. From Wordnik.com. [Local news] Reference
In his native country, Australia, it is shelved in adult fiction; in the USA, it is shelved in teen fiction. From Wordnik.com. [An Interesting Post Over at Planet Esme] Reference
I too think this book could be shelved in adult fiction here in the US as it is in Zusak's native Australia. From Wordnik.com. [The Book Thief] Reference
When I think of the word adult, I think of people like my Dad, my Mom, my teachers, and random parents I know. From Wordnik.com. [The Old New Thing] Reference
In other words adults who read to feel in adult books in my class tend to focus on how the books made them feel. From Wordnik.com. [Heady reading] Reference
Yep, I think young adult is something more of a marketing term these days than an accurate reflection of content. From Wordnik.com. [Do You Read Young Adult Fiction?] Reference
It was born of Meri's childhood misunderstanding of the word adult, which she heard as two words, article and noun. From Wordnik.com. ['The Senator's Wife'] Reference
The life of the adult is practically an application of the senses to the gathering of sensations from the environment. From Wordnik.com. [The Montessori Method] Reference
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