drinking age

collocation in English

meaningsofdrinkingandage

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drinking
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ/
the activity of ...
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age
noun
uk
/eɪdʒ/us
/eɪdʒ/
the period of time someone has been alive or something ...
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(Definition ofdrinkingandagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdrinking age

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Moreover, states that increased their legal minimumdrinkingageto 21 years following the 1984 legislation had subsequent decreases in youth consumption of alcohol.
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The question of the reduction in the minimumdrinkingageis an extremely difficult problem.
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Although the legaldrinkingageis 18, many under-age youngsters will be served in pubs.
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He said that as far as he was concerned these young men were ofdrinkingage.
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The proprietor is liable, and therefore must deem anyone in the premises to be above the legaldrinkingage.
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Most states lowered the legaldrinkingageto 18.
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Thedrinkingageis 12 and older if supervised.
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Each province and territory is free to set its owndrinkingage.
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The main goal is to lower the minimum legaldrinkingageby educating the public.
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It suggested a comprehensive reform embracing a wide and contentious range of issues, including the issues of children in public houses and the reduction of thedrinkingage.
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Thedrinkingagehad been 18 for many years before the first raise in 1982, to 19.
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He was driving someone who was of legaldrinkingageto a liquor store to buy alcohol.
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Those under the legaldrinkingagemay be served, possess, or consume alcohol if they are with a parent, legal guardian, or spouse who is of legaldrinkingage.
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We are dealing here not with alcoholics but with youngsters under peer pressure who are flooding into pubs, who are often belowdrinkingage, and who then behave anti-socially.
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The marketing was reportedly intended to be in full compliance with alcohol regulations and targeted at adults of legaldrinkingage.
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In 2001, he introduced a bill that would lower thedrinkingageto 18; he cited unfairness and difficulty with enforcement as his motivations.
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With a significant minority of students below the legaldrinkingage, 18-year-olds are legally excluded from campus events and social activities.
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In 2006, he voted in favour of raising the legaldrinkingagefrom 18 to 20, but voted against it in 2012.
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In response to these findings, many states raised the minimum legaldrinkingageto 19 (and sometimes to 20 or 21).
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Social environmental theories are also cited; making alcohol a forbidden fruit may encourage more dangerous drinking than would occur if thedrinkingagewere lowered.
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The legal age to gamble in the casino is 18 years old; however, thedrinkingageis still 21 and is strictly enforced.
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It is unknown if this ever happened, but it is a crime to provide alcohol to a person under the legaldrinkingage.
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Although the legaldrinkingageis set at 21, drinking at age 18 or upon entrance into college is the culturally accepted limit.
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