as in older
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
symptoms most often seen in senescent people
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Recent Examples of senescent
In Coconut Grove, Martin and Terra built or co-developed three big high-rise luxury condo projects — seven towers in all — that, while controversial among many residents, helped resuscitate what had been a senescent village center.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
Zombie cells are senescent cells, which are cells that are technically alive but in growth arrest due to a variety of stressors, including oxidative stress and DNA damage.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
But having too few senescent cells is dangerous, because senescence helps block tumors.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
QAnon was for senescent boomers; fashwave and Embrace Masculinity clips are millennial-coded.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2025
If the cells were truly senescent, then the medications should both reduce the number of senescent cells and reverse many of the structural DNA changes and gene expression disruptions.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
Among them, the Okinawa Cellescence Complex, which combines Shikuwasa Lime extract, Noni Juice extract and Shell Ginger, which boasts a 55 percent claim in reduction of aging senescent cell biomarkers.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
Zombie cells are senescent cells, which are cells that are technically alive but in growth arrest due to a variety of stressors, including oxidative stress and DNA damage.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
But having too few senescent cells is dangerous, because senescence helps block tumors.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
QAnon was for senescent boomers; fashwave and Embrace Masculinity clips are millennial-coded.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2025
If the cells were truly senescent, then the medications should both reduce the number of senescent cells and reverse many of the structural DNA changes and gene expression disruptions.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
Among them, the Okinawa Cellescence Complex, which combines Shikuwasa Lime extract, Noni Juice extract and Shell Ginger, which boasts a 55 percent claim in reduction of aging senescent cell biomarkers.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senescent
Adjective
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The Wall Street wine guys of the eighties, now elderly, seem to be pulling the ladder up behind them.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The scam that starts with a Google search of your name may end with a call to your elderly parent or a text to your adult child.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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The payoff is an antioxidant-rich anti-aging formula that plumps wrinkles, brightens skin, and smoothes texture while reducing inflammation.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
23 May 2026
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Played by Mark Hamill (with a healthy dose of de-aging visual effects), the Jedi Master boards Moff Gideon’s ship and swiftly takes out all of his Dark Troopers.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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One prompted stories of an old cowboy sitting alone on a porch, surveying a ghost town; another prompted stories about a sun rising over a meadow, where tiny creatures awakened and started to frolic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Instead of looking frumpy in an old T-shirt, look polished and refined in this shirt that won’t constrict your movements.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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Two suspects, aged 17 and 18, were reported dead, police said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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Three women, aged 18, 19, 21, allegedly violently assaulted and robbed a 34-year-old man.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2026
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“Senescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senescent. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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