of age

idiom

: having existed for a specified period of time
The student was 20 years of age.

Examples of of age in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Edwards, the child’s grandmother, had custody of the child since 3 months of age following an investigation by Child Protective Services into Watts’ ability to care for her daughter, according to the DA. Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2024 Drug overdoses for those under 15 years of age and older than 90 are not shown. Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 3 June 2024 Each generation of researchers came of age in a new ecological and technological environment, inadvertently masking an exponential decline. Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 3 June 2024 That’s down from 12.5 years of age in the period between 1950 to 1969. Maria Godoy, NPR, 31 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for of age 

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“Of age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20age. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.

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