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of a certain age

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of a certain age

who are not young Adults of a certain age might want to spend a couple of hundred dollars more for a larger monitor that will be much easier on their eyes.

Usage notes: used to avoid saying middle aged or old

See also: age, certain, of

somebody of a certain age

  (humorous)

used to avoid saying that a person, usually a woman, is no longer young but is not yet old It's a clothes boutique which caters for women of a certain age.

See also: age, certain, of