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the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age
he's now in that stage of his dotage where he has trouble remembering the simplest things
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The conversation, held at the start of his career as a singer, raises one of the many questions that Diamond faces both in his youth and in his dotage.
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A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022
The generations of theatergoers who grew up on book musicals, replete with original songs that were written in a distinctive Broadway style, with roots in operetta and Tin Pan Alley, are in their dotage now.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2022
The passions of youth wobbled within a body run to seed; the simple pleasures of Elvis in the youth of his golden Sun recordings flowered into the sickly extravagance of Elvis in his lusting, swollen Vegas dotage.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
Barry Bonds, however he was mysteriously fueled in his dotage, was amazing.
—Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
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A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022
The generations of theatergoers who grew up on book musicals, replete with original songs that were written in a distinctive Broadway style, with roots in operetta and Tin Pan Alley, are in their dotage now.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2022
The passions of youth wobbled within a body run to seed; the simple pleasures of Elvis in the youth of his golden Sun recordings flowered into the sickly extravagance of Elvis in his lusting, swollen Vegas dotage.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
Barry Bonds, however he was mysteriously fueled in his dotage, was amazing.
—Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
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“Dotage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotage. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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