middle age

noun

Definition of middle agenext
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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Recent Examples of middle age Visualizing Middle-Age Malaise Whitaker’s approach to middle age appears throughout the series. — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The guests are millennial to middle age couples, mostly escaping LA or San Francisco! — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026 Before middle age, the two main vision disorders are myopia and hyperopia, or nearsightedness and farsightedness. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026 Klotho crests in youth before settling in adulthood and dwindling in middle age. — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle age
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  1. adulthood
  2. maturity
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  • The study, which analyzed nearly 800,000 individuals across their lifespan, found that clinical obesity rates climbed through adulthood.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Moon, meanwhile, is struggling at school but on the precipice of adulthood; as the young woman begins to make her own decisions in life, Yue must relinquish a degree of maternal responsibility.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of adulthood
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  • Their capabilities and operational maturity, however, remain unclear.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Hold to maturity, and you’re largely insulated from interest-rate swings.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
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