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Recent Examples of anecdotage
After his initial campaign trip to New Hampshire, Biden was warned by his aides not to wallow in his anecdotage.
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Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 19 Nov. 2020
Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 19 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anecdotage
Noun
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In his basketball dotage, Kyle Lowry is getting soft.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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In our dotage, many of us look askance at our motor vehicle and opt to head for Staters in the ubiquitous golf cart.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
22 June 2025
Noun
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After the muddle of Kamala Harris and the senility of Joe Biden, Democrats need substantive and sophisticated leaders primed for traditional and new media alike.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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And their patriarch, battling the cruel advance of senility.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Further experiments revealed that the extracellular vesicles stopped senescence by using the extracellular matrix protein fibronectin, which coats their surfaces and then causes a release of enzymes that block the effects of oxidative stress which unleash senescence.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Jan. 2026
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Or, the first generation simply declined from senescence and the debilitating effects of power long exercised without check.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2026
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Many artists—Titian and de Kooning alike—have found a second childhood in old age; no other painter ever became younger in his sixties.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2023
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Now that prestige art movies are either gross or failing at the box office, EO shows us that film culture is going through a jaded second childhood.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 Dec. 2022
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“Anecdotage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anecdotage. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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