late in life

idiom

: at an old age
He became famous relatively late in life.

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Somewhere Out There follows longtime friends Lars (Haugaard) and Klaus (Sørensen), whose friendship is fractured late in life. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026 Ignatiev, who died in 2019, was a factory worker who entered academia late in life as a Marxist and gained minor notoriety with his 1995 book, How the Irish Became White. Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026 Culpepper started writing songs relatively late in life, in 2023. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026 The exhibition takes its title from an unrealized photographic series and publication Kleckner developed late in life, documenting experiences of institutionalization and recovery. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for late in life

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“Late in life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/late%20in%20life. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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