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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This was the Burnett that gained a kind of cult fame, the filmmaker in middle age, treading purgatory.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The actor, 37, will reprise the role for the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a sequel set far enough in the future that the Malfoy character is also approaching middle age.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
The women were surveyed in middle age and followed for 30 years to understand their rates of death and disease.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
Briefly: Robinson’s character, Craig Waterman, has reached middle age as the barely tolerable sum of his parts.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The actor, 37, will reprise the role for the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a sequel set far enough in the future that the Malfoy character is also approaching middle age.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
The women were surveyed in middle age and followed for 30 years to understand their rates of death and disease.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
Briefly: Robinson’s character, Craig Waterman, has reached middle age as the barely tolerable sum of his parts.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle age
maturity
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The best essays reveal a student’s intellectual curiosity, emotional maturity, and sense of purpose.—
Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Podcasts are adulting, in other words, which signals the medium’s maturity and increasing dominance.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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