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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Lionel Lim, Fortune, 19 June 2025
Meanwhile, Social Security's trust funds -- which cover old age and disability recipients -- will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2034, instead of last year's estimate of 2035.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Time, 7 July 2025
During the 1950s, rest homes and convalescent homes emerged, nurtured by a new federal policy that allowed old-age payments to go directly to private nursing homes.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 20 June 2025
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Noun
Meanwhile, Social Security’s trust funds — which cover old age and disability recipients — will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2034, instead of last year’s estimate of 2035.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 19 June 2025
Meanwhile, Social Security's trust funds -- which cover old age and disability recipients -- will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2034, instead of last year's estimate of 2035.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Adjective
And Thomas Paine called for a 10% estate tax to fund old-age pensions and a payment to every person at 21.
—Time, 7 July 2025
During the 1950s, rest homes and convalescent homes emerged, nurtured by a new federal policy that allowed old-age payments to go directly to private nursing homes.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 20 June 2025
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“Old age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20age. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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