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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But the big conceptual categories of childhood, adolescence, middle age, and old age are too deeply rooted to toss aside.
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Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Leaving office in middle age, Mr. Carter had another lifetime to rebuild public respect, a process enhanced by his extensive humanitarian work and freelance diplomacy, which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Except maybe for 1992’s South of the Border, West of the Sun, no previous Murakami novel has so clearly dealt with and inhabited the muddle of middle age.
—Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
This change is one reason weight gain becomes more common in middle age.
—Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed, Health, 25 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Leaving office in middle age, Mr. Carter had another lifetime to rebuild public respect, a process enhanced by his extensive humanitarian work and freelance diplomacy, which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Except maybe for 1992’s South of the Border, West of the Sun, no previous Murakami novel has so clearly dealt with and inhabited the muddle of middle age.
—Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
This change is one reason weight gain becomes more common in middle age.
—Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed, Health, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20age. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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