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as our generation approaches middle age
The patient was in late middle age.
He feared the approach of middle age.
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Some were comedic, like a moment when McKee, playing Annie in middle age, attends her first aerobics class.
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Alex Marshall, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The choir itself was all male, but with a diverse age range: choirboys, men in their late twenties, others well into middle age.
—Oskar Oprey, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2025
Inventing midlife The history of middle age begins as far back as the eye can read.
—Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
The average person gains 1 to 2 pounds every year from young adulthood through middle age, and in many cases, that weight gain can be traced back to the holidays.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
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Alex Marshall, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The choir itself was all male, but with a diverse age range: choirboys, men in their late twenties, others well into middle age.
—Oskar Oprey, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2025
Inventing midlife The history of middle age begins as far back as the eye can read.
—Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
The average person gains 1 to 2 pounds every year from young adulthood through middle age, and in many cases, that weight gain can be traced back to the holidays.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20age. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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middle age
noun
mid·dle age
ˌmid-ᵊl-ˈāj 
: the period of life from about 45 to about 64 years of age
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