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of age

idiom

: having existed for a specified period of time
The student was 20 years of age.

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Maloney was of mixed Puerto Rican and African descent and was estimated to be between 25 and 49 years of age when LVPD discovered her remains. Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025 Those 10 to 15 years of age must have an adult chaperone. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025 Young right-wingers came of age believing strength is being crass, in your face, pushing boundaries. Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 What this means, according to the researchers, is that our brain’s connections wire themselves in pretty much the same way from birth to nine years of age. Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for of age

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“Of age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20age. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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