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Noun
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Her second childhood home was the $2.1 million Oak Acre.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026 -
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
Noun
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Is Chuck Schumer headed down the same dark treadmill to senility pioneered by Dementia Joe Biden before him?—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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There are, however, some relevant differences between the situations of our two oldest presidents, likely reflective of the differences between senility and madness.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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Ghost died Tuesday after entering senescence, the end-of-life process that starts after laying eggs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sinclair’s work on senescence intersects with new therapeutic directions in oncology, from CAR-T failures linked to T-cell exhaustion to the growing interest in senolytic adjuvants.—
Gilberto Lopes,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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 his initial campaign trip to New Hampshire, Biden was warned by his aides not to wallow in his anecdotage.—
Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
19 Nov. 2020
Noun
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When a species takes a century just to reach maturity, every individual matters.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Resiliency has become a moral injunction — a signal of maturity and strength.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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