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Definition of Mid-eighties
1. Noun. The time of life between 80 and 90.
Generic synonyms: Time Of Life
Group relationships: Age, Eld, Geezerhood, Old Age, Years
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mid-eighties
Literary usage of Mid-eighties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (1993)
"By the mid-eighties, women accounted for about two-fifths (123000) of S/E bachelor's
recipients. By field, they made up 45 percent of the degrees granted in ..."
2. A Social History of the American Family from Colonial Times to the Present by Arthur Wallace Calhoun (1919)
"At New York in the mid eighties "without the wages earned by children, parents
would be unable to support their families. ..."
3. Towards the Personal Communications Environment: Green Paper on a Common by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"The main developments in the US have been the award of a monopoly license in the
mid-eighties for a geostationary system, and, recently, ..."
4. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"... in the OECD countries have nowhere been as radical and wide- ranging as those
in New Zealand in the mid eighties - virtually all support was abolished. ..."
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