the middle-aged
noun
: middle-aged people : people between the age of about 40 and the age of about 60
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In the near future, threats at the lowest tier of Israel’s air defense could be either met by the venerable Vulcan, the middle-aged Iron Dome, or the futuristic Iron Beam.
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
From the award-winning Clerkenwell Films (Baby Reindeer), Alice and Steve follows lifelong best friends who see their world implode when the middle-aged Steve starts dating Alice’s 26-year-old daughter, Izzy (Yali Topol Margalith).
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
The store with the old oak floor was so charming, the middle-aged writers who hung around the lunch counter ordering vegan BLTs were charming.
—Hayley Krischer, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
No one to observe the lovers, no one to envy the middle-aged man with the much younger girl taking a romantic (if windy) walk along the beach at Cape May in December.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
From the award-winning Clerkenwell Films (Baby Reindeer), Alice and Steve follows lifelong best friends who see their world implode when the middle-aged Steve starts dating Alice’s 26-year-old daughter, Izzy (Yali Topol Margalith).
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
The store with the old oak floor was so charming, the middle-aged writers who hung around the lunch counter ordering vegan BLTs were charming.
—Hayley Krischer, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
No one to observe the lovers, no one to envy the middle-aged man with the much younger girl taking a romantic (if windy) walk along the beach at Cape May in December.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
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