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as in months
a long or seemingly long period of time
it took ages for the clerk to ring up three items
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as in twilight
a later period of one's life
stoically endures all of the aches and pains that come with age
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as in maturity
the state of being an old person
at 88, she gets frustrated by the feebleness that is inevitable with age
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as in antiquity
the state of being something old
the copper monument has acquired the patina of age
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as in to grow
to become mature
as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet
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Recent Examples of age
Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s usually an age gap in these stories, where there’s an older woman and a younger woman.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
And earlier this week Woodford announced the release of its first bourbon entirely aged in chinkapin oak, a species that is native to the Midwest and is supposed to impart some unique flavors to a whiskey.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Despite the demographic onboard skewing toward retirement age, this was an active bunch that took full advantage of our time on land.
—Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s usually an age gap in these stories, where there’s an older woman and a younger woman.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
By the mid-2030s, the UN predicts that the number of individuals aged 80 and older will outnumber infants.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
And earlier this week Woodford announced the release of its first bourbon entirely aged in chinkapin oak, a species that is native to the Midwest and is supposed to impart some unique flavors to a whiskey.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age
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This is how the smartphone era ends.—
Reuven Perlman,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Yet others in the banking industry said its risk of losing its footing in Washington goes beyond crypto, involving broader challenges from Trump-era shifts in the government’s political, social, and environmental agendas.—
Rachel Witkowski,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Russian defenses stretched for miles, forcing sapper teams to crawl on their stomachs at twilight to spot and disarm mines under enemy drone surveillance and artillery fire.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Even at age 33, approaching the twilight of his career, Ali was electromagnetic, drawing the crowd to its feet and polarizing its constituents all at once.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Khumalo points to the maturity, technical ability, and depth of the squad as key reasons for optimism.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Nicholas Stevens, vice president of product for AI and home loans at Zillow, offered a concrete example of where the company is on this maturity scale—which, to my ear, sounded like Level 1 edging into Level 2.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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The more than 10,000 works in the museum’s permanent collection include Greek and Roman antiquities, pre-Columbian sculpture, and European and American prints, photographs, and paintings.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Roman bathhouses – which functioned as important community spaces in antiquity – are still being discovered across Europe and Asia Minor today.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Their curiosity grew after the highest DNA match was found linked to a family line in Romania.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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American craft beer, for example, has grown over the last 30 years to take nearly 15% of US beer sales by volume.—
Nish Acharya,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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On Tuesday, it was reported that Indian troops had joined a military drill with Russian and Belarusian forces near Minsk, days after Russian drones entered Polish and Romanian airspace.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Witnessing an upward trend for a long time at the box office, Saiyaara scored a little above $64 million in 50 days.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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One way to mess with an option team’s Plan A is to not only stick them with third-and-forevers, but to put them in an early hole, making them throw out of desperation.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2019
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Printed with thermochromic ink, the stamp reveals a second image of the moon when a finger is pressed to it, and a sheet of 16 Forever stamps features a map of the eclipse path.—
Meg Jones,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2017
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The 47th took place the same afternoon, one state over in Colorado, though no footage has circulated.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Molina’s pre-primary report wasn’t available through the county or state Board of Elections as of Tuesday afternoon.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/age. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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