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as our generation approaches middle age
The patient was in late middle age.
He feared the approach of middle age.
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By 2040, the then-middle age generation is expected to rake in $74 trillion in income.
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Life is still unfair for Malcolm, now in middle age.
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Essence, 1 Jan. 2026
Life is still unfair for Malcolm, now in middle age.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
In middle age, some sports fans become reactionaries.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025
But then, isn’t that what middle age is largely about?
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for middle age
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20age. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.
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middle age
noun
mid·dle age
ˌmid-ᵊl-ˈāj 
: the period of life from about 45 to about 64 years of age
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