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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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Research from Springer Nature indicates that overall well-being hits a low trough in middle age.
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Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The cost of living has skyrocketed, especially in coastal cities, and the burdens of mortgages, children’s college tuitions and elder care can be heaviest in middle age.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
But if chronic illnesses were identified in middle age or earlier, the AI model predicted a lower incidence of premature death.
—New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2025
But the body concerns and identity dilemmas associated with middle age are different from those that plague adolescence and young adulthood.
—Rebecca Lester, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
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Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The cost of living has skyrocketed, especially in coastal cities, and the burdens of mortgages, children’s college tuitions and elder care can be heaviest in middle age.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
But if chronic illnesses were identified in middle age or earlier, the AI model predicted a lower incidence of premature death.
—New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2025
But the body concerns and identity dilemmas associated with middle age are different from those that plague adolescence and young adulthood.
—Rebecca Lester, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for middle age
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20age. Accessed 11 Apr. 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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