at the age of

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

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By 1971, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Brian Jones had all died at the age of twenty-seven from drugs and alcohol. Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026 The San Francisco Grateful Dead community is coming together after it was announced that one of the founding members, Bob Weir, has died at the age of 78. Amanda Hari, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026 Billy Strings paid tribute to Bob Weir following news of the Grateful Dead guitarist’s death Saturday at the age of 78. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2026 Goff was born in Kansas in 1904 and was a child prodigy, starting his career with a firm in Tulsa at the age of 12 and producing a significant body of work there before moving to Chicago in 1934. Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026 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 16 Jan. 2026.

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