thirty-something

thirty-something (plural thirty-somethings)

1. Alternative form of thirtysomething.
   • 2013 January 13, Caitlin Kelly, “Over 50, and Under No Illusions”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 January 2013:

     Twenty- and thirty-somethings will gladly do the work you used to do, and probably for less money.

thirty-something (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of thirtysomething.
   • 2004 October 28, Denice A. Jobe, “Let the Good Times Roll”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     What's different about Skate-N-Fun Zone this morning are the skaters, mostly thirty-something women on skates pushing strollers. Toddlers, not teenagers, circle the rink.

   • 2006 March 17, Michael Eidam, “Failure to reach full potential”, in Daily Pilot‎^[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     Tripp is only one of several local “failure-to-launch” sons, thirty-something men still living at home.

   • 2013 January 23, Joshua David Stein, “The Slipper Room”, in The New York Times‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 January 2013:

     Thirty-something men with slicked-back hair and bowling shirts, on dates with young women with pearl necklaces, bobs and tattoos.

thirty-something

1. Alternative form of thirtysomething.
   • 1994 December 28, Ann W. O’Neill, “Let Me Get This Straight: I’m the Human, You’re the Cat”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[5], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     Although I can still lay claim to thirty-something, I saw a glimpse of such a grim future recently when my cat came down with the sniffles.

   • 2000 May 17, Cliff Rothman, “In Automobilia, a Yearning for the Days of Youth”, in The New York Times‎^[6], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:

     The nostalgia epicenter is the baby boomers, who grew up as cars came into their own as a mass-market, affordable entity. “Thirty-something is when people start collecting,” said Mr. Checchia, of the Franklin Mint.

   • 2019 April 19, Siobhan Burke, “Review: You’ll Never Dance Alone (a Solo)”, in The New York Times‎^[7], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 April 2019:

     Thirty-something, she proves, is not too early for a retrospective, which is, after all, just a way of taking stock of where you are.