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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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
These conditions, the team noted, did not necessarily come from old age, as the skulls were from individuals who had died between the ages of 20 and 60.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Dudek now heads the 58,000-employee agency, which oversees the nation’s old-age and disability entitlement programs, after the former acting commissioner, Michelle King, clashed with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency over access to Social Security beneficiary data.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 21 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Girone died on the morning of Monday, Feb. 24, from old age, according to her daughter Reha Bennicasa, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
These conditions, the team noted, did not necessarily come from old age, as the skulls were from individuals who had died between the ages of 20 and 60.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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
Dudek now heads the 58,000-employee agency, which oversees the nation’s old-age and disability entitlement programs, after the former acting commissioner, Michelle King, clashed with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency over access to Social Security beneficiary data.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Old age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20age. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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