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- noun Plural form of
grownup .
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Examples
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But the idea that our focus on them should be when we're basically grownups is a little silly, given that we learn languages best when we are much younger than that.
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I won't vote since I haven't read Shadow Country but I like the way the debate bares the fundamental question about the difference between books for youth and books for grownups: is there a difference and what is its nature?
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I won't vote since I haven't read Shadow Country but I like the way the debate bares the fundamental question about the difference between books for youth and books for grownups: is there a difference and what is its nature?
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To me, it feels like it all comes down to control, a favored emotion found in grownups dealing with the young.
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To me, it feels like it all comes down to control, a favored emotion found in grownups dealing with the young.
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That's the word grownups use when they don't want to start babbling about 80's commercials.
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As news of all this widespread Wall Street chicanery spread, investors eventually realized that the "grownups" -- rating companies, boards of directors, regulators, and politicians -- had been well-paid to look the other way.
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As news of all this widespread Wall Street chicanery spread, investors eventually realized that the "grownups" -- rating companies, boards of directors, regulators, and politicians -- had been well-paid to look the other way.
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While thinking about a well-known story found in many spiritual traditions, I had an insight about innocence and wisdom that very much pertains to the so-called grownups among us.
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The grownups are the voters, who -- lamely, in the mind of the political class -- are troubled by the war, the economy and boring stuff like that.
Marty Kaplan: Where Is the League of Women Voters When We Need Them?
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