age-group

noun

: a segment of a population that is of approximately the same age or is within a specified range of ages

Examples of age-group in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Because the Olympics are an age-group tournament in men’s soccer, the 18-man roster was limited to players born on or after Jan. 1, 2001, with three overage exceptions. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024 Fast forward a few years and Bounds, previously a sedentary and unathletic journalist in her mid 40s, has transformed herself into world-class age-group obstacle course racer. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 July 2024 How’s that for engendering self-confidence and personal responsibility in the precise age-group that needs it the most? Deborah Alexander, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024 The prospect of shrinking manpower does not look any better when broken down into subsidiary age-group components. Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2010 Ordóñez and Pelayo were both called up to U.S. age-group national teams but chose to leave and play for Mexico at the senior level. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Mary Cain was the youngest ever US track and field athlete to make the World Championships team, a teenage phenomenon who held several national age-group records in middle-distance running. Issy Ronald, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024 Registration closed on September 16 and the age-group field and charity fields will be announced by about the first week of October. Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2022 The lifting of the UEFA ban is limited and provisional, covering only age-group teams; Russia’s senior men’s and women’s teams are still ineligible for international competition. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of age-group was in 1893

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“Age-group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age-group. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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