as in adulthood
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Recent Examples of midlife
Recent studies show that up to 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or significantly delayed through targeting a number of risk factors if caught in midlife.
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Jon Stojan, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Building and maintaining muscle gets harder in midlife.
—New York Times, 22 July 2025
Your needs in midlife are unique—and so is your hormonal landscape.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 21 July 2025
Abdominal fat, particularly in midlife and later in life, has been implicated in a number of serious conditions including chronic pain, stroke and cardiovascular disease.
—New Atlas, 19 July 2025
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Jon Stojan, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Building and maintaining muscle gets harder in midlife.
—New York Times, 22 July 2025
Your needs in midlife are unique—and so is your hormonal landscape.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 21 July 2025
Abdominal fat, particularly in midlife and later in life, has been implicated in a number of serious conditions including chronic pain, stroke and cardiovascular disease.
—New Atlas, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midlife
Noun
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Rate Fluctuations One strategy is to ladder CDs, bonds and U.S. Treasuries so that maturities are staggered to take advantage of upward swings in interest rates and dampen the impact of lowering rates.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Based on years of observation as an educator, my opinion is that by the age of 16, a majority of females demonstrate maturity sufficient to make rational decisions.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That curve has long shown younger people with high happiness levels, which decline into middle age.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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This was the Burnett that gained a kind of cult fame, the filmmaker in middle age, treading purgatory.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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“Midlife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midlife. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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