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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
Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
The minimum age is 8, and children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
City News Service, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Johnson County’s aging population has struggled to age in place and its first-time homebuyers struggled to find starter homes as smaller, more affordable options aren’t readily available.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Some younger viewers may have been initially puzzled by the mashup, but fans of a certain age, or of a certain show-tune leaning, got it from the very first bar, or might have even dared to anticipate it when Erivo and Grande sat down on stools, side by side.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
The minimum age is 8, and children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
Miller was convicted of assaults on women aged 56, 68 and 22.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Johnson County’s aging population has struggled to age in place and its first-time homebuyers struggled to find starter homes as smaller, more affordable options aren’t readily available.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age
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His rule finally came to an end in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis threw the country into economic turmoil, prompting widespread protests and forcing Suharto to resign – one of the last people power movements to sweep Southeast Asia and replace a Cold War-era autocrat with democracy.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The damage done by Dumont allowing Harrison to trade Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in February is a level of self-infliction that few sports franchises in the modern era have ever executed.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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Khamenei, at 86, is in the twilight of a life devoted to an uncompromising Islamist vision.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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Told in gentle, bedtime-friendly verse, this magical tale follows two siblings who sneak out into the twilight to attend a most unusual dance performance.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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That move, however, allowed the giant exhibitor to fully redeem all of its 2026 debt maturities.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Then, as Saturn stations direct in your relationship sector, emotional maturity becomes nonnegotiable.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Her subsequent work includes Futura (2021), a collaborative documentary capturing the views of Italian teenagers, and La Chimera (2023), which follows a group of grave robbers dealing in Etruscan antiquities.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 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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Several of the production facilities that CNN analyzed have swiftly replaced villages and farmland, growing by tens of thousands of square feet in the past five years.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Though George Washington and the press started off amicably, their relationship grew more adversarial once journalists began criticizing the nation’s first president.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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Feel free to bring the kids, who can enjoy a kids' corner with arts and crafts, story times and more, as well as Teen Scene all day activities.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Some families had to go without benefits for several days this month, Haynes said, and many federal workers in the Sacramento region are going unpaid in a season when the demand for food assistance always soars.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 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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Hall could not be reached immediately for comment by telephone late Wednesday afternoon.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Teton and Gros Ventre Mountains in Wyoming should prepare to see around 4 to 8 inches of snow and up to 12 inches in the highest parts of the Tetons overnight Wednesday through to Thursday afternoon.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/age. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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