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as our generation approaches middle age
The patient was in late middle age.
He feared the approach of middle age.
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This first episode didn’t remind me so much of Survivor but of the few seasons of The Real World Homecoming that reunited old reality casts well into middle age.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Aside from improving life in middle age, a diagnosis has implications for future brain health.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
During middle age, researchers considered household resources like magazine subscriptions, dictionaries, and library cards, and how often the participants visited a museum or library.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 17 Feb. 2026
Currently, student loan repayment plans typically range from 10 to 25 years — which already results in people bringing education debt into middle age and beyond.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Aside from improving life in middle age, a diagnosis has implications for future brain health.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
During middle age, researchers considered household resources like magazine subscriptions, dictionaries, and library cards, and how often the participants visited a museum or library.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 17 Feb. 2026
Currently, student loan repayment plans typically range from 10 to 25 years — which already results in people bringing education debt into middle age and beyond.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for middle age
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20age. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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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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