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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
David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Lia Gracia, a camper who lost her dad at age 10, and her brother Isaac also took the stage to share their story.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Of course, the whiskey industry is quite literally built upon foresight and prediction given that most whiskey will be aged for at least four years, and often about a decade.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
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Noun
In the 1920s, Margery Crandon, the wife of a prominent Boston surgeon, was visited in séances by her brother Walter, who had died in a railway accident at age twenty-eight.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Lia Gracia, a camper who lost her dad at age 10, and her brother Isaac also took the stage to share their story.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
The album treads through womanhood, partnership, aging and dying, exposing the murky in the mundane.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Of course, the whiskey industry is quite literally built upon foresight and prediction given that most whiskey will be aged for at least four years, and often about a decade.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age
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For there are two legacies of the founding era that must be noticed, and both qualify as enormous tragedies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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These surprise cameos gave some fans hope for more Maguire-era Spider-Man, but nothing has officially materialized.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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The mission is meant to be the first step in the company's ambitious plan to operate a constellation of more than 4,000 solar reflectors to boost solar power production in twilight hours on Earth.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Production values are aces with dynamic, gritty sets; light ing that makes the movie take place in a perpetual twilight; and a lively, nerve-jangling score.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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Despite rapid growth, many marketers remain in the early stages of maturity—focused on automating legacy processes and struggling to measure ROI.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Everyone knows where the story is going, and whatever growth takes place along the way needs to reach the predetermined maturity of what’s already known.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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The tackier the better The dominant aesthetic of the administration comes not from antiquity but from AI slop, the tackier and more juvenile the better.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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The second photo was noticeably different from the first, instead showing a recent image of heavy machinery smoothing gravel where lush green grass once grew.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Subscription and licensing revenue grew 3 percent in the latest quarter to $493 million owing to growth in ViX’s premium tier and higher content licensing revenue.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The game marked the NBA’s formal return to NBC, ending a hiatus of 8,532 days since the last time an American pro basketball game that counts was broadcast on the network.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
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So to be there, back in my home state, to cover something that was just so unthinkable, reprehensible, that's always stayed with me, just talking to people in the days and hours after that tragedy.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 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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As the day rolled along into the afternoon, Phillips returned to the eighth tee to begin his second round.—
Alex Valdes,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Detectives searching for surveillance video of the stabbing the following afternoon found Reese, who was allegedly armed with a knife, standing over a witness.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/age. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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