as in adulthood
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Recent Examples of midlife
New research published in the journal Nature Medicine found that people who followed one of eight healthy dietary patterns in midlife had a 45% to 86% greater chance of healthy aging.
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025
The study doesn’t address whether a healthy diet in midlife can reverse the negative effects of a poor diet in childhood or young adulthood — a question researchers hope to answer.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2025
Conversely, a higher waist-to-hip ratio in midlife was linked with poorer working memory and poorer executive function.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 Mar. 2025
From navigating co-parenting and rediscovering personal passions to redefining love and purpose in midlife, Unfinished Business explores the emotional complexities fans have come to love—now with the intimacy only a novel can provide.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025
The study doesn’t address whether a healthy diet in midlife can reverse the negative effects of a poor diet in childhood or young adulthood — a question researchers hope to answer.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2025
Conversely, a higher waist-to-hip ratio in midlife was linked with poorer working memory and poorer executive function.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 Mar. 2025
From navigating co-parenting and rediscovering personal passions to redefining love and purpose in midlife, Unfinished Business explores the emotional complexities fans have come to love—now with the intimacy only a novel can provide.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midlife
Noun
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Those that wait for AI maturity risk losing ground as industries evolve and competitors leverage AI to enhance decision making, efficiency and growth.—
Leslie Lee,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Shough will turn 26 in September and was in the same recruiting class as Trevor Lawrence, who’s about to enter his fifth NFL season — so maturity shouldn’t be an issue.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Where other hobbies may be difficult to pick up in middle age, comedy, with its low entrance fee and ubiquitous nature, is an inherently accessible art form.—
Karla Marie Sanford,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Remarkably, this is the same number of days between reaching legal drinking age and crossing into middle age.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Midlife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midlife. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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