plural agers
1
: someone or something that ages a person or thing
Exposure to high-decibel sounds causes blood pressure and stress hormones to surge, and both can be major brain agers.—
Michael Roizen
Michael RoizenBeeler calls himself a master seller and ager of cheeses ….—Scott Haas
Scott Haas2
: something (such as a wine) that improves in taste and quality as it ages
… but Chardonnay, a close second, has proved to be a good ager.—Oz Clarke and Steven Spurrier
Oz Clarke and Steven SpurrierExamples of ager in a Sentence
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The Lucky Robot in Austin installed an ager for its Japanese menu.
—Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
But, almost without exception, these successful agers are doing something right.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The production was absolutely massive, all done in a huge warehouse area at Origo Studios in Budapest, where there were about 80 people with the pattern makers, cutters, seamstresses, fitters, dyers, agers and textile artists.
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
Related Articles How solo agers, those older people without children, can prepare for later years
Yep, Ethel was born on Feb. 29, 1932, and will technically turn 23 Thursday.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
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Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
But, almost without exception, these successful agers are doing something right.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The production was absolutely massive, all done in a huge warehouse area at Origo Studios in Budapest, where there were about 80 people with the pattern makers, cutters, seamstresses, fitters, dyers, agers and textile artists.
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
Related Articles How solo agers, those older people without children, can prepare for later years
Yep, Ethel was born on Feb. 29, 1932, and will technically turn 23 Thursday.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for ager
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“Ager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ager. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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