as in adulthood
the period in a person's life from about age 40 to about age 60
as our generation approaches middle age When he reached middle age, he became suddenly obsessed with reliving his carefree college years.
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Recent Examples of middle age
Coldplay has always overflowed with earnestness, and that desire to hug the world has only amplified as singer Chris Martin and his kindred spirit bandmates march deeper into middle age.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Never a great swimmer, an editor for The Times’s Well desk praises the benefits of taking lessons in middle age.
—Emma Yasinski, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Now, a new study from dozens of researchers across the country found that women, particularly those in middle age, have a higher risk of developing long COVID than men, muddying the medical water further.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
By middle age, many esophagus clones—often making up the bulk of esophagus tissue—have mutations disrupting a gene called NOTCH1.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Never a great swimmer, an editor for The Times’s Well desk praises the benefits of taking lessons in middle age.
—Emma Yasinski, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Now, a new study from dozens of researchers across the country found that women, particularly those in middle age, have a higher risk of developing long COVID than men, muddying the medical water further.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
By middle age, many esophagus clones—often making up the bulk of esophagus tissue—have mutations disrupting a gene called NOTCH1.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20age. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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