as in adulthood
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Recent Examples of midlife
Di Giacomo would find out what more women in midlife are now learning: Food could be her friend.
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Carla is a full-time midlife influencer who inspires other women to embrace a happy, fulfilled life at any age.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
New research, however, has found that in midlife and beyond, eating one particular meal later in the day is linked with a higher risk of early death.
—New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2025
Woolf, who had endured the deaths of siblings and both parents, who had been confined to bed on a milk-and-meat diet during multiple breakdowns, was determined, especially in Mrs. Dalloway, to place life next to death, to surround midlife with the delicious pleasures of both youth and maturity.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Carla is a full-time midlife influencer who inspires other women to embrace a happy, fulfilled life at any age.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
New research, however, has found that in midlife and beyond, eating one particular meal later in the day is linked with a higher risk of early death.
—New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2025
Woolf, who had endured the deaths of siblings and both parents, who had been confined to bed on a milk-and-meat diet during multiple breakdowns, was determined, especially in Mrs. Dalloway, to place life next to death, to surround midlife with the delicious pleasures of both youth and maturity.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midlife
Noun
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Decades later, it was revealed the young boy grew up to have a completely normal adulthood.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Some seem to feel at home in their costumes of adulthood.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Despite rapid growth, many marketers remain in the early stages of maturity—focused on automating legacy processes and struggling to measure ROI.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Everyone knows where the story is going, and whatever growth takes place along the way needs to reach the predetermined maturity of what’s already known.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Acetylcholine levels typically begin a gradual decline around middle age.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
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Though still watchable well into middle age, DiCaprio is no longer, on his own, an excuse to visit the cinema.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Rather than focusing too much on color, Woodson suggests using weight, shape, and texture as more reliable guides of ripeness.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
27 Oct. 2025
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Roast until caramelized on bottom and tender, about 35 to 45 minutes (roasting times will vary depending on ripeness and size of pears).—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Midlife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midlife. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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