MIDDLE AGE Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

middle age

noun

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 on the Web The grim pattern has persisted for years and is totally different from that among U.S. women, for whom suicide rates rise in middle age and then fall. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024 The office space functions similarly, acting as a symbol of an artist at peace, finally comfortable at middle age. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2024 All but one of the first eight presidents of the United States were elected in their 50s, with only John Adams stretching the boundaries of middle age at 60. —

Rebecca Brannon / Made By History, TIME, 3 July 2024 Sixty-two is a point in life that many of us would term middle age: hardly a moment to hang it all up. —

Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for middle age

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