young-adulthood

plural young-adulthoods

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of young adulthood.

   Over the years, Kurle and the teachers have maintained a level of consistency with the students and they genuinely get a chance to know them all the way into young-adulthood, while doing their best to prepare students for any educational eventuality.

   2024 April 3, Gaylon Parker, “Belfield Public School brings community pride, education to students and athletes”, in The Dickinson Press, volume 141, number 22, Dickinson, N.D., →ISSN, →OCLC, page H7, column 2

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   It is the belief of Mr. Garrison that early training and habits, when continued through adolescence and young-adulthood, can be a major part in defeating “gang delinquency,” as well as combating the individual forms of socially condemned behavior.

   1950 October 31, “Happenings of Interest Around and About the Borough”, in Brooklyn Eagle, 110th year, number 300, Brooklyn, N.Y., →OCLC, page 5, column 3

   Teen years are a period of transition from childhood to young-adulthood. […] It is also her opinion that being able to take care of oneself and others if necessary, and expressing respect for other people confirms the arrival of a teen-ager at young-adulthood.

   1962 November 16, Dave Lyon, “High Views: Students Define [‘]Mental Maturity’”, in Independent, volume 25, number 69, Long Beach, Calif., →OCLC, page C-8, column 7