1
: the fact of being old
She died of old age.
2
: the time of life when a person is old
He's getting sweeter in his old age.
: of, for, or relating to old people
an old-age home
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Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2025
Hydrotherapy is often used to help conditions like hip or elbow dysplasia, arthritis, spinal injuries, lack of mobility due to old age, obesity, post operative treatment, and ACL injuries.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
And the reason that the savings rate is high is because Chinese households are concerned about their future pension liabilities, medical liabilities, old-age liabilities, because the government doesn’t provide enough social protection.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Age ain’t nothing but a number Bill Glass, Missouri actor turned author, proved that old age doesn’t stop anything, scoring a home run at 80 years old.
—Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2025
Hydrotherapy is often used to help conditions like hip or elbow dysplasia, arthritis, spinal injuries, lack of mobility due to old age, obesity, post operative treatment, and ACL injuries.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Adjective
In March 2025, about 60 million of these were claiming old-age and survivor benefits, while 8 million were collecting disability benefits.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
And the reason that the savings rate is high is because Chinese households are concerned about their future pension liabilities, medical liabilities, old-age liabilities, because the government doesn’t provide enough social protection.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Old age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20age. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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