young adult

noun

1. a teenager (used especially by publishers and librarians).
2. a person in the early years of adulthood.

Example Sentences

It began when she was a young adult and only stopped when she moved away.

From BBC

Rangel Vega, 22, was driving a Honda Civic with his childhood friend, 22-year-old Alejandro Luquin, after attending a young adult service at Iglesia En El Camino at 14800 Sherman Way.

From Los Angeles Times

County district attorney’s office, co-sponsored the controversial 2020 California Senate Bill 145, which was intended to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in sex crimes involving a minor and a young adult.

From Los Angeles Times

“As a young adult, you didn’t like the group because they wore the cloak of secrecy, and they didn’t tell us what they were doing.”

From Los Angeles Times

The hard experiences that you lived in your adolescence and when you were a young adult, that’s what made you what you are.

From Los Angeles Times