the middle-aged

noun

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

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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 An experienced camper, Sam takes the change in stride, spending much of the weekend—and the movie’s 90-minute run time—observing and humoring the middle-aged men. —

Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024 Maxine’s boyfriend, the middle-aged cowboy stud Wayne (Martin Henderson) is producing the film and running the shoot. —

Lexi Carson, Variety, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for the middle-aged

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