drinking age
noun
: the age at which a person can legally buy and drink alcohol
The drinking age in the U.S. is 21.
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Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
Get rid of your ex's belongings and gifts This coping mechanism is one for people of legal drinking age.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Young people were driving the shift, with another poll finding that sixty per cent of Gen Zers of drinking age chose to drink very little or not at all.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
The prime minister, however, argued that teens finding a way to drink doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be a legal drinking age.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Drinking age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20age. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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