noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ early
▪ late
▪
a woman of late ~
VERB + MIDDLE AGE
▪ approach
▪
a bald man approaching ~
▪ enter , hit , reach
MIDDLE-AGE + NOUN
▪ spread ( humorous )
PREPOSITION
▪ during ~
▪
possible causes of weight gain during ~
▪ in ~
▪
He mellowed in ~.
▪ through ~ ( AmE )
▪
from early adulthood through ~ to retirement
PHRASES
▪ well into ~
▪
She had her first child well into ~.