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Discover LudwigThe phrase "active years" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the period during which someone is actively engaged in a profession, activity, or role.
Example: "The artist's active years spanned from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, during which she produced her most famous works."
Alternatives: "productive years" or "working years".
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Twenty good, active years?
(The very active years from 1966 to Fitzgerald's death in 1996 get short shrift).
It is unclear how many in the most sexually active years were celibate by choice.
Throughout his active years he worked for the New York Board of Education.
He was an avid tennis player, scuba-diver and skier in his active years.
His constant companion throughout his most politically active years was his partner, Shirley.
This week also saw the death, after 96 adventurously active years, of the publisher George Weidenfeld.
Speaking of the 1970's and early 1980's, Mr. Dreyfuss said: "They were active years for me.
He had no managerial experience, while his only Washington experience was two active years in the Senate and it showed, at least inside the West Wing.
He was in his early 30s, and had already spent a few politically active years in New York, fighting urban renewal, which he called "poor people removal.
During his most active years, he enlarged it by the simple expedient of purchasing and demolishing three neighbouring properties to make room for expansion.
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