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- noun the time of life between 30 and 40
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Examples
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The hour-long meeting then concludes with a hymn entitled “When Faith Endures,” and an impromptu benediction is offered by a thirty-something man who carries his young daughter with him up to the podium and cradles her in his arms as he bows his head, asking “Father in Heaven” to bless those who could not be present at the worship meeting, and for help in “applying what we have learned here throughout the week.”
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Kevin, a thirty-something man in a black coat and black slacks, ventures a comment: From the beginning of the class to now I definitely feel different, but I still have a lot of reservations—about baptism, about commitment.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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There is a young, thirty-something early childhood teacher sitting in my office.
Carol Smaldino: To Mayor Bloomberg: Stop the Bullying Carol Smaldino 2010
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There is a young, thirty-something early childhood teacher sitting in my office.
Carol Smaldino: To Mayor Bloomberg: Stop the Bullying Carol Smaldino 2010
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Picture a Sunday afternoon at a city park: a thirty-something Filipina home-nursing aide wheels a white-haired lady down a tree-lined path.
Michelle Chen: How the Global "Gray Wave" Crashes Through Closed Borders Michelle Chen 2010
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There is a young, thirty-something early childhood teacher sitting in my office.
Carol Smaldino: To Mayor Bloomberg: Stop the Bullying Carol Smaldino 2010
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I follow college football with the same fervor most thirty-something women reserve for shoe shopping.
Leaders need to 'pass' on the sports cliches Jena McGregor 2010
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There is a young, thirty-something early childhood teacher sitting in my office.
Carol Smaldino: To Mayor Bloomberg: Stop the Bullying Carol Smaldino 2010
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But think about it from the point of view of his friends and family: he was a thirty-something former professional golfer and professional skier, who had given up “guaranteed” careers in architecture and the law to what?
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There is a young, thirty-something early childhood teacher sitting in my office.
Carol Smaldino: To Mayor Bloomberg: Stop the Bullying Carol Smaldino 2010
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