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as in months
a long or seemingly long period of time
it took ages for the clerk to ring up three items
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as in twilight
a later period of one's life
stoically endures all of the aches and pains that come with age
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as in maturity
the state of being an old person
at 88, she gets frustrated by the feebleness that is inevitable with age
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as in antiquity
the state of being something old
the copper monument has acquired the patina of age
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as in to grow
to become mature
as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet
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Recent Examples of age
Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
The film revealed that when his pal John Belushi died of a drug overdose in 1982 at age 33, Candy was visibly shaken and frightened.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
In the new study, an international research team measured levels of pTau217 in blood samples from two groups of healthy newborns and compared them with levels found in teenagers, adults aged 18 to 25 and seniors aged 70 to 77.
—Robert Martone, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains & Automobiles star died of a heart attack at age 43 in 1994.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
The film revealed that when his pal John Belushi died of a drug overdose in 1982 at age 33, Candy was visibly shaken and frightened.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Moving Waukesha East and Waukesha Transition Academy, which helps special education students ages 18-21, to Lowell Elementary School.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
In the new study, an international research team measured levels of pTau217 in blood samples from two groups of healthy newborns and compared them with levels found in teenagers, adults aged 18 to 25 and seniors aged 70 to 77.
—Robert Martone, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age
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By the end, the old Wembley was best viewed from a distance — ideally 15 or 20 years’ distance as the crumbling concrete and antiquated facilities meant the Empire Stadium belonged in the same bygone era as its official name.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Turnover among educators in Wisconsin public schools has declined from pandemic-era highs but remains elevated, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Is this the twilight of the breakups?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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China has conducted a noticeable twilight missile test aimed at signaling rather than keeping it secret.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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But the unknown will be whether teams trust his maturity.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Defenders tend to see it as a reflection of the Sandinistas’ values and political maturity.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Oct. 2025
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Athenians have been legume lovers since antiquity, and beans and pulses remain a fixture on meze menus the city over as a healthier, more affordable alternative to meat.—
Katherine Whittaker,
Saveur,
9 Oct. 2025
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It was made of gold and strung with beads made of lapis lazuli, a blue stone prized in antiquity.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Over the years, the couple gave parcels of the land away for churches, schools and hospitals for the community to grow.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Lawson-Remer cited the connection between education and clinical practice, and the ability to keep working while learning, as the key factors in making progress in the larger goal of significantly growing the local mental health care workforce.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Hanke recommends allowing the peso to float for around 60 days, enabling market forces to determine its actual worth in terms of dollars.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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In cases of a head coach change, student-athletes will have a 15-day consecutive window beginning five days after a new coach is hired or announced.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Oct. 2025
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One way to mess with an option team’s Plan A is to not only stick them with third-and-forevers, but to put them in an early hole, making them throw out of desperation.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2019
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Printed with thermochromic ink, the stamp reveals a second image of the moon when a finger is pressed to it, and a sheet of 16 Forever stamps features a map of the eclipse path.—
Meg Jones,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2017
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Williams — joined by family members, current and past KU coaches, players and support staff — on Tuesday afternoon cut the ribbon on the room that bears his name.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
8 Oct. 2025
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In the afternoon, the reenactors staged the Battle of Bunker Hill all over again, for the Sunday crowd.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/age. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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