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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
Luke Bosher, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Some risks -- like age, genetics and family history -- cannot be changed.
—Allen Chang, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
What To Know LendingTree's report was based on online surveys of 2,000 U.S. consumers aged 18 to 79 between April 2 and 3.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Spaniard won the Kopa Trophy, awarded by France Football to the best player in the world under the age of 21, in 2024.
—Luke Bosher, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Some risks -- like age, genetics and family history -- cannot be changed.
—Allen Chang, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
The Oilers lost the qualifying play-in round of the 2020 bubble playoffs to an aging, mediocre Blackhawks team coached by Colliton.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
What To Know LendingTree's report was based on online surveys of 2,000 U.S. consumers aged 18 to 79 between April 2 and 3.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age
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After comparing their descriptions with simulations of how the Egyptian night sky looked during those eras, Graur published an initial study in 2024 arguing Nut and the Milky Way were intertwined—perhaps even physically.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
1 May 2025
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Which leaves Swifties to wonder: Will Taylor Swift be at the 2025 Met Gala, or is her Met Gala era over for good?—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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Their paths crossed again when Slot returned to Zwolle in the twilight of his playing days after spells at NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The ostensible reason: Benedict didn’t want his physical deterioration to paralyze the church the way John Paul II’s Parkinson’s disease did during the twilight of a papacy that lasted more than a quarter of a century.—
Howard Chua-Eoan,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Those that wait for AI maturity risk losing ground as industries evolve and competitors leverage AI to enhance decision making, efficiency and growth.—
Leslie Lee,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Shough will turn 26 in September and was in the same recruiting class as Trevor Lawrence, who’s about to enter his fifth NFL season — so maturity shouldn’t be an issue.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Schools in antiquity placed an emphasis on healthy minds and healthy bodies — and teachers ensured that young men were physically and intellectually ready for adult life.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Many of the antiquities in the Palmyra museum were sent to Damascus for safekeeping after the start of the civil war.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2025
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What’s more, over the past decade, attacks such as password spraying have grown increasingly effective at breaching sensitive networks, Microsoft’s own included.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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Meanwhile, the demographic of older women is growing quickly.—
Jean Wactawski-Wende,
The Conversation,
2 May 2025
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The day that promotes environmental protection and awareness is celebrating its 55th anniversary.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Carrot seeds will germinate in 10 to 21 days and go from seed to harvest in 50 to 75 days.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 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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Kennedy announced Tuesday afternoon that eight artificial dyes will be eliminated from medications and the nation's food supply by the end of 2026.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The plane returned to Washington later that afternoon.—
Daniel Klaidman,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/age. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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