of age

idiom

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

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This new whiskey is actually not so far off in terms of age from other Old Fitzgerald releases. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 June 2025 That was a bleak period to be coming of age in New York. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 For international travel with children, MMR vaccines can be given starting at 6 months of age. Doc Louallen, ABC News, 2 June 2025 As the company prospered, Andrew III, whose father Andrew McNally II ran the company from 1933 to 1948, came of age thinking nothing of taking off for faraway places. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 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 8 Jun. 2025.

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