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middle age

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middle years
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For some people, it’s a modest home, with a mortgage that’s paid off in early middle age, and a job that brings them satisfaction.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

As the artist moved into middle age, his prolific creative output continues, if anything with works that are more outspoken and political than earlier pieces.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Clearer long-term goals as he enters tennis middle age.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Eliot and Larkin stopped writing verse in late middle age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Blanca had already resigned herself to chastity, middle age, and her various aches and pains, but the shock of love had brought her a new youth.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende