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Examples of middle age in a Sentence
as our generation approaches middle age
The patient was in late middle age.
He feared the approach of middle age.
Recent Examples on the Web
The changes will amount to the biggest ever at Southwest, which is the original low-cost airline but is now well into middle age and suffering from sagging financial results.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024
Wedged between a series of chiaroscuro nude portraits from middle age, Fox Solomon writes of her teen-age years and early adulthood.
—Christina Cacouris, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
But eventually, in middle age and beyond, clogged arteries lead to heart attacks and strokes in epidemic proportions.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2024
Related article More than half of US adults will have cardiovascular disease by 2050, research finds
Experts warn that middle age is an important time to monitor your health and manage risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of middle age was
in the 14th century
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20age. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
middle age
noun
: the period of life from about 45 to about 64
middle-aged
adjective
ˌmid-ᵊl-ˈājd
Medical Definition
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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