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Recent Examples of midlife
Carla is a full-time midlife influencer who inspires other women to embrace a happy, fulfilled life at any age.
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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
In both countries, the midlife peak in unhappiness was found to have vanished.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 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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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
In both countries, the midlife peak in unhappiness was found to have vanished.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 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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Timely treatment of acute illnesses and consistent management of chronic conditions or special needs are also vital to prevent deterioration and long-term consequences into adulthood.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The story is one of impossible love, centering on two young Chinese women, high-school best friends in Shanghai in the nineteen-twenties whose relationship has an intense erotic current continuing into adulthood.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Australian firm’s component is designed specifically for the demanding thermal management needs of megawatt-class hydrogen fuel cell systems and is currently undergoing a technology readiness maturity assessment.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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The second area Monasterio noted concerns skeletal maturity.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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That came out of that climate of being in middle age, still having parents, having small children.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Of course, this requires an incredible sense of equilibrium in the vineyard, including pinpointing when the grapes have reached full ripeness while still retaining a very high level of acidity, leaving a very small window for picking.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
5 Oct. 2025
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Frozen Vegetables Frozen vegetables are picked at peak ripeness and flash-frozen, locking in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Midlife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midlife. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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