rite of passage

It added that it felt "sadness" for the loss of "a rite of passage for many young visitors".

It has virtually become an annual rite of passage: Dodgers ownership commits to an obscene dollar amount in contracts followed by the L.A.

Where Tommy John procedures and major shoulder operations once threatened entire careers, they are now akin to a rite of passage for many big leaguers.

I love the moment in the film when someone says that every Deaf actress plays Sarah in “Children of a Lesser God;” that it is a “rite of passage.”

It's a rite of passage in the United States: A newly-elected president takes the oath of office before his people.