How to Use thirtysomething in a Sentence
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Mary, our thirtysomething narrator, has recently boomeranged back to her hometown (York) after experiencing a break with reality that may or may not be psychotic.
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Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Outerlands stars Dillon as thirtysomething Cass, who hustles jobs as a server, nanny and party drug dealer to make rent on their tiny San Francisco apartment.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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In 2017, Matthew Williams, a thirtysomething software engineer with an athletic build and a bald head, went for a long bike ride in the hills of San Francisco.
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Like another thirtysomething pavement-pounder of yore, New York’s own Walt Whitman, Zohran Mamdani popped up nearby and unexpectedly.
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Dan Chiasson,
The New York Review of Books,
6 Nov. 2025
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Families, younger travelers, and those seeking immersive cultural experiences can choose from specialized options like family tours, 18-to-thirtysomething trips, and Local Living tours that engage with daily life abroad.
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Josh Roberts,
USA Today,
10 Jan. 2026
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Unlike some of their scruffy, thirtysomething winemaker peers, the Marianis’ devotion to difference — to nontraditional grape varieties and winemaking methods — is realized only partially.
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Senior Wine Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Aug. 2016
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Gilmore Girls, which ran for seven seasons, from 2000-07, centered around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother, Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), and her teen daughter, Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel), living in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut.
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Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Aug. 2025
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