as in adulthood
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Recent Examples of midlife
Address Sleep Apnea Sleep apnea often goes unnoticed in women—especially in midlife—because the symptoms are easily mistaken for stress or menopause, Hafeez says.
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Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 28 May 2025
People who lost weight in midlife were less likely to experience heart attacks, strokes, cancer, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in their older years, according to the study.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Women who eat more fiber and high-quality carbohydrates in midlife are more likely to be cognitively and physically healthy in their old age, a large new study suggests.
—Linda Carroll, NBC news, 16 May 2025
And though getting enough quality sleep is important to brain health in midlife and beyond, the researchers said that when forced to choose between minutes spent sleeping and minutes spent exercising, reducing sleep time to spend more time moving resulted in better brain function.
—Paul Von Zielbauer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 28 May 2025
People who lost weight in midlife were less likely to experience heart attacks, strokes, cancer, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in their older years, according to the study.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Women who eat more fiber and high-quality carbohydrates in midlife are more likely to be cognitively and physically healthy in their old age, a large new study suggests.
—Linda Carroll, NBC news, 16 May 2025
And though getting enough quality sleep is important to brain health in midlife and beyond, the researchers said that when forced to choose between minutes spent sleeping and minutes spent exercising, reducing sleep time to spend more time moving resulted in better brain function.
—Paul Von Zielbauer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midlife
Noun
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Gallegos recommends investors consider investment grade credits in the BBB class, between one and five years in terms of maturity (the average maturity is approximately three years), and where yields are near 5%.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
2 June 2025
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He’s gained maturity and perspective by going through hell and back a couple times on the way to getting clean and sober; and he’s developed even more of both via fatherhood and, more recently, grandfatherhood.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Bates is pained to see teenagers (representing 12% of the city population), brazenly and without recompense, running around, destroying the lives of others, and also for those whose lives were cut short in middle age by said juveniles.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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Losing weight in middle age could set you up for a longer and healthier life, a new study found.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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“Midlife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midlife. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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