the middle-aged

noun

: middle-aged people : people between the age of about 40 and the age of about 60

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The authorities in Sichuan accused a surprising demographic group, the middle-aged, of spending too much time online. Mara Hvistendahl, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 Opposite the middle-aged acoustic guitar players and singers—succeeded by a hunky chain-smoking violinist in a camel suit—is an octogenarian with all his teeth missing. Alexandra Pereira, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024 One is the awesome might of the middle-aged and elderly. IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012 The flamboyant conceptual artist is talking to her stepdaughter, Lydia (Winona Ryder), who’s grown from the morose teenager of Beetlejuice (1988) into the middle-aged star of a hokey ghost-hunting reality show. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for the middle-aged

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“The middle-aged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20middle-aged. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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