“I don't feel that 40 is anything these days. Our life expectancy is so much greater that maybe 50 is the new 40.”

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Meaning

The speaker is saying that age 40 no longer seems old or especially significant. She suggests that because people live longer now, what used to count as middle age may have shifted upward. The point is that age should be seen in the context of longer lifespans.

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Originally said in English.

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