at the age of

idiom

: at the time of being a specified age
He joined the company at the age of 35.

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On Friday, Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta shared an incredibly unfortunate update on former Ravens defensive tackle and Super Bowl XLVII hero Arthur Jones, who passed away at the age of 39. Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025 Gein died in 1984 at the age of 77 of respiratory failure related to lung cancer while still at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Wisconsin. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025 Osbourne passed away on July 22 at the age of 75, just 17 days after his final performance — with his own band and Black Sabbath — at Aston Villa Park in his hometown of Birmingham, England. Gary Graff, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2025 The late burlesque dancer, who was born in 1911 and died at the age of 59 in 1970, was famous for her striptease act. Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at the age of

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“At the age of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20age%20of. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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