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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When asked about Gen Z, Sterling is careful to specify consumers of legal drinking age. — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026 Some took advantage of the fact that the legal drinking age in Mexico is 18 instead of 21. — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2025 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 creature was apparently lost, curious and well below New Zealand 's legal drinking age. — CBS News, 4 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drinking age

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“Drinking age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20age. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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