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as in months
a long or seemingly long period of time
it took ages for the clerk to ring up three items
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as in twilight
a later period of one's life
stoically endures all of the aches and pains that come with age
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as in maturity
the state of being an old person
at 88, she gets frustrated by the feebleness that is inevitable with age
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as in antiquity
the state of being something old
the copper monument has acquired the patina of age
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as in to grow
to become mature
as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet
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Recent Examples of age
Landon Mion, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
Those injured ranged in age from 16 to 36 years, police said.
—CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
My recent social media feeds have suddenly inundated me with videos, testimonials and advertisements for a sure-fire way to reverse the aging process for skin and reducing wrinkles, especially targeted for the facial landscape.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In 1994, at age 45, Foreman defeated Michael Moorer, a boxer 19 years younger than him, to claim the heavyweight title.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
Those injured ranged in age from 16 to 36 years, police said.
—CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
Researchers are unsure why the bird flu virus survived the aging process, but the fat and protein content in the cheese, along with the relatively low aging temperature, likely contribute to the stability of the virus, according to Martin.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
My recent social media feeds have suddenly inundated me with videos, testimonials and advertisements for a sure-fire way to reverse the aging process for skin and reducing wrinkles, especially targeted for the facial landscape.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age
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Son Ye-jin plays Lady Cho, a woman navigating the restrictions placed on women in her era.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2025
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According to Stathead, there have been exactly 100 players in the expansion era (since 1961) who accumulated at least 19 WAR through age 27 while playing 80 percent of their games at shortstop, second base, third base or center field.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Last Chance To See Venus What's already happened to Saturn is about to happen to Venus, the brightest and most impressive star in the twilight night sky.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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By the time we’re situated in our boats, the sun isn’t quite up, but twilight is in full swing.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
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The complexity and variability grow when collecting data from hundreds or even thousands of value chain partners at varying levels of climate program maturity.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
WWD,
21 Mar. 2025
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The bonds issued by the SPV will have a lower interest rate and longer maturity date, than traditional corporate debt and the company uses ongoing revenue from the business operations and royalty payments to make interest and principal payments.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Dugin sees a dichotomy between liberalism and its enemies that goes back to antiquity.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
19 Mar. 2025
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One of the world’s finest private collections of Greco-Roman antiquities is owned by the Torlonias, a wealthy Italian family.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Table Rock wildfire burning in South Carolina continued to grow Thursday, but conditions that created dramatic expansion the day before eased, officials said.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2025
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Their empire is only bound to grow, thanks to their reality television series Paul American, out March 2025, giving viewers an inside look at their lives and businesses.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
27 Mar. 2025
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Unsurprisingly, Jason shows up late, having instead spent the day drinking in a bar.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
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As the day progressed, the protests cascaded around the country outside Tesla locations in major cities such as Washington, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Seattle, as well as in towns in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Colorado.—
Michael Liedtke,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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One way to mess with an option team’s Plan A is to not only stick them with third-and-forevers, but to put them in an early hole, making them throw out of desperation.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2019
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Printed with thermochromic ink, the stamp reveals a second image of the moon when a finger is pressed to it, and a sheet of 16 Forever stamps features a map of the eclipse path.—
Meg Jones,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2017
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When the weather is nice, there’s no better place in Birmingham to spend an afternoon than at The Garage, a beer garden known for its build-your-own sandwiches (try the house-favorite Fritz Sandwich) and local beer.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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By early afternoon, crowds ranging from a few dozen to hundreds of protesters had flocked to Tesla locations in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Minnesota and the automaker's home state of Texas.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/age. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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