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ages 1 of 2

noun

plural of age

as in days

an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing the Bronze Age marks the beginning of the use of metal by ancient peoples

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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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ages

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of age

as in progresses

to become mature as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet

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Noun

FluMist is also another option, which instead of injection form, is a live influenza vaccine nasal spray for people ages 2 to 49 years old and contains egg proteins. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026 As soon as the actors share a frame, however, their ages exist within the fiction, allowing Maguire’s and Garfield’s Spider-Men to commiserate about back pain that the younger Holland’s Peter has yet to endure. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Within this awkward relic of several other ages, New York’s past gets fetishized, chopped up, and whirled together into digestible entertainment. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026 FirstDate, a pilot program introduced by Singapore’s Government Technology Agency (GovTech), offers single public officers ages 21 to 35 one potential match. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 One study of suicide attempt survivors ages 13 to 34 found that nearly half had deliberated for less than 20 minutes before acting. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 The existing curfew, which has been in place since 1995, set different times for different ages. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026 The all-ages event is $10 per person and free for children 2 and younger. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 The Flynns’ daughters, then ages 9 and 11, were asleep in the next room at the time. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026

Verb

New data suggests that people ages 34 and younger may be less likely to develop shingles than previous generations. — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026 Understanding Head Start’s launch Head Start is a free, nationwide year-round preschool program that serves more than 700,000 low-income children ages 3-5 and their families. — Alexander Thim, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026 For Sung, the challenge was finding continuity in a character who ages from a lovestruck young woman into a wife, mother and stepmother across shifting timelines and an uncertain grip on her own past. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Teens ages 13 through 17 can ride, although an adult must accompany them for the entire trip. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Mamdani also had a favorable opinion among likely voters ages 18 to 29 (51%) and 30 to 44 (49%), compared to those 45 to 64 (37%) and likely voters who ages 65 and older (26%), the survey showed. — Terry Collins, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 Americans ages 50 and older are especially likely to say the attacks affected them personally. — Linley Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 For the flu vaccine this season, the federal government is sticking to its recommendations from last virus season that everyone ages 6 months and older get flu vaccines. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026 Her listeners may be onto something—by 2030, demographers expect that 45 percent of women ages 25-44 will be single. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026

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Noun

On especially warm days, consider a beer slushie instead of a traditional pour.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
Existing law also blocks most states from systematically purging voters from their rolls within 90 days of an election, said David Becker, an election law expert who leads the Center for Election Innovation and Research.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

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Verb

But that’s largely due to the aural sensation provided by the voices, which become more powerful and prominent as the film progresses, dragging Jamal down with them.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Trayanova makes the most out of a metal box serving as the only set, tossing in clues that take on meaning as the story progresses.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of progresses

Noun

With the benefit of hindsight, music journalists are now waxing nostalgic about more recent eras.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
But still, the exhibition is the rare chance to view RM as a serious art collector; someone who values Korean identity in art but also loves works from many genres, eras and countries.

— Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of eras

Verb

When the quantum of color deposited by the brush diminishes, and grows lighter, its essence as paint applied by brush reveals itself.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
In some projections, that extra snow outweighs the ice lost to the warming ocean, and the ice sheet actually grows.

— Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of grows

Noun

The chips are power-hungry (a ChatGPT AI query consumes about ten times as much energy as a normal Google search) and also generate a lot of heat, which requires cooling systems.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026
Raynor went 21 of 40 for 205 yards for Iowa State and Aiden Flora ran 13 times for 54 yards and caught five passes for 53.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of times

Verb

Eastwood portrayed Rowdy Yates, the young cowhand who eventually matures into a leader.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
One of the best oaks for wildlife, including birds, is the Chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), which annually matures a crop of small, sweet acorns easily accessed and transported by birds.

— Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026

Definition of matures

Noun

General Motors Anderson sees design and human ingenuity falling into three main epochs, beginning with thousands of years of empirical design that saw creators largely mimicking nature, building and testing models, and advancing from there—slowly, expensively, and narrowly focused.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2026
Other lines of circumstantial evidence also suggest shockingly large objects roamed the early epochs of our solar system.

— Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 9 June 2026

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