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young adulthood en · NOUN

Etymology

From young adult + -hood, after adulthood.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state or period of being a young adult.
   • Both she and her husband were regular visitors during their childhoods and young adulthoods. 2021 July 22, Amanda Loudin, “A beachgoer’s guide to the southernmost South Jersey Shore”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2022:
   • Making the transition from adolescence into young adulthood can be challenging, and it could also come with some health risks. 2011 December 16, Jeannine Stein, “Exercise drops off when teens transition to college, study finds”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2019:
   • These kids had their entire young adulthoods to perfect the sport. 2017 April 7, Courtney Maum, “A Woman With a Mallet, Mounted on a Horse”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2017:

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