as in adulthood
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Recent Examples of midlife
The sturdy wood vessel lined with a silky white interior originated as a traditional mortuary viewing casket before a midlife career change took it to the stage.
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Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 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
These data were part of a broader study on masturbation and menopausal symptoms in midlife and older women.
—Sophie Okolo, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 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
These data were part of a broader study on masturbation and menopausal symptoms in midlife and older women.
—Sophie Okolo, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midlife
Noun
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Many young consumers, already juggling high costs for food, rent, and education, and crushed by an unsympathetic labor market, are entering adulthood with the self-care budget of a socialite twice their age.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Chromakopia finds Tyler, the Creator grappling with the realities of adulthood, and takes on a distinctly narrative approach.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That move, however, allowed the giant exhibitor to fully redeem all of its 2026 debt maturities.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Then, as Saturn stations direct in your relationship sector, emotional maturity becomes nonnegotiable.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Now, in his late-middle age, a much more flexible Linklater is ruminating on other notorious artists.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The heedless afternoons of childhood meet the fatherless afternoons of late middle age, and the bereaved son is in danger of being buried in them.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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To check for ripeness, start by squeezing the fruit—ripe mangos should give slightly under pressure without feeling overly soft or mushy.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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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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“Midlife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midlife. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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