See adult on Wiktionary
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"text": "At age 18 years, he became an adult, so he could move out without his parents' consent."
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"text": "Adult usually means a person who is in a legal sense either age 18 years or older."
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"text": "The Harry Potter series was read mostly by young adults."
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"text": "A person may be physically mature and a biological adult by age 16 or so."
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"text": "Adult female cows feed milk to their offspring."
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