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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
Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
Federal law does not provide any exemptions from the new federal minimum age of 21 for the sale of tobacco products, Richie Taylor, a spokesperson for Mayes' office, wrote in an email.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Now zoo elephant populations are aging out with no offspring to replace them.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
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Noun
This is on top of the stress factors more common to this age group in general, regardless of generation, like navigating complicated family dynamics and academic and extracurricular pressures.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
Federal law does not provide any exemptions from the new federal minimum age of 21 for the sale of tobacco products, Richie Taylor, a spokesperson for Mayes' office, wrote in an email.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
Between 2017 and 2023 the percentage of Black children aged 35 months that received vaccines slid from 78 percent to 72 percent.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Now zoo elephant populations are aging out with no offspring to replace them.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age
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Before Ji-yeon can make a decision—let alone find the mangurok, the Joseon-era text that brought Ji-yeon to the past—bloodshed finds them.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Across the footwear collection, his aim was to emphasize craftsmanship and special details during an era when consumers are looking for something special.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, during winter, staff are mostly in darkness and experience only an hour or two of twilight each day.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Sep. 2025
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The mall fills up with crappy weed shops and keychain hawkers; underfunding means the maintenance slips; eventually, maybe, there’s a bankruptcy, followed by a long twilight as an eyesore.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
24 Sep. 2025
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This cereal grain is quick-growing, reaching 1 or 2 feet at maturity.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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Third, the tools required to manage smarter, more agile supply chains are finally reaching maturity.—
Christian Birky,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Sep. 2025
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That morning, Josephine Carter, a security officer at the Getty Villa, a museum of classical antiquities in a remote part of the Palisades, was posted alone at the back gate.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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However, the area, with its rugged coastline, azure sea glinting in the sunlight, and charming villages built right into the cliffs, has lured elite travelers to its picturesque shores since antiquity.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Sep. 2025
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In the midst of the life-or-death chaos, Arisu grows closer to Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya), an athletic loner mourning the death of her mountain climber father.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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For comparison, current industry leader Cheniere aims to grow to about 75 MTPA near 2030—big growth, but not keeping pace with Venture Global’s plans.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
25 Sep. 2025
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Defense Ministry figures suggest that May 2025 saw a highwater mark for Ukrainian drone attacks, with Moscow claiming to have shot down 3,611 craft at an average rate of 116 per day.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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The President and his allies have also repeatedly asserted in recent days that Democrats are threatening to shut down the government to secure public money for undocumented migrants, despite the claim being widely debunked.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 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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Overseas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas enjoy some afternoon golf in Scotland and Michelle Monaghan hit up Paris Fashion Week.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Dylan Cease, the talented but mercurial right-hander, will take the mound Wednesday afternoon with what figures to be a short leash.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/age. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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