late in life

phrase

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

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Baldwin Lee came to photographic renown pretty late in life, mostly for his in-close-and-intense pictures of small-town Black Southerners made in the 1980s and collected in an epic monograph in 2022. — Baldwin Lee, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2026 Regardless of their reasons for wanting to stay in the workforce, many Americans would prefer to treat late in life work as a choice rather than a necessity, says Scott Boyles, a CFP also based in Austin. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026 Miller had Mica institutionalised, where she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder — an issue her doctors believed manifested late in life due to a period of stress. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 Devey came to football late in life, as a 21-year-old freshman tackle on the Snow College offensive line in Ephraim, Utah. — Pj Green august 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 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 27 Sep. 2026.

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