middle years
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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“The Fate of the Day,” which explores the bloody middle years of the Revolution from 1777 to 1780, was released in April, and Atkinson has spent the past eight months touring and speaking on panels with documentarian Ken Burns to promote Burns’ six-part documentary series “The American Revolution,” which premieres Nov. 16 on PBS.
From Los Angeles Times
This is about as far away as you can get from the unincorporated Westmont section where Drakeo and Ralfy grew up, a place with a homicide rate so high that it acquired the nickname “Death Alley” shortly before the brothers blew up in the middle years of the last decade.
From Los Angeles Times
At the same time that Doja Cat cut her teeth in the Leimert Park underground that had birthed Medusa a generation before, other female rappers started garnering attention in the middle years of the last decade.
From Los Angeles Times
"We give them medications when they’re sick. Our products follow this same principle — supporting dogs’ quality of life in their middle years so they stay healthy as they age and consequently live longer, better lives."
From Salon
I asked Prof O'Regan whether this was because some of the recent changes I had made to my lifestyle, such as regular exercise and a better diet, had gone some way to counteracting the ghee, beer and couch-potatoing of my early and middle years.
From BBC
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