1
: the fact of being old
She died of old age.
2
: the time of life when a person is old
He's getting sweeter in his old age.
: of, for, or relating to old people
an old-age home
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Miriam Eve Mora, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
According to the 2013 study, one of these cats died at an old age, with dull teeth, apparently eating a diet of grain, which suggests that someone might have been caring for it.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
Kate Gibson, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
What’s new is that as the population ages, mandatory spending on old-age insurance has soared.
—Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Inside was an infant – the sole survivor of a planet destroyed by old age.
—Miriam Eve Mora, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
According to the 2013 study, one of these cats died at an old age, with dull teeth, apparently eating a diet of grain, which suggests that someone might have been caring for it.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
President Trump vowed on the campaign trail not to touch the old-age and disability insurance program, which provides monthly payments to nearly 70 million people, or roughly 1 in 5 Americans.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
What’s new is that as the population ages, mandatory spending on old-age insurance has soared.
—Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Old age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20age. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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