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Noun
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As populations’ median ages continue to rise — and the future looks increasingly hazardous for all age groups — more movies are touching on senility, dementia, elder abuse and other topics that not long ago rarely got any screen airing.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025 -
Salles doesn’t clarify his viewpoint until the end, when Eunice ages into senility.—
Armond White,
National Review,
7 Feb. 2025
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Braman also said the policies governing those different transmission modes — and the level of seniority needed in the Army to waive the transmissions — has since been elevated.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Signal is reportedly already a frequent choice for officials at all levels of seniority in the second Trump term.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 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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Bad luck has been mixed into some of the Sabres’ low moments, but the recurring theme is a team that lacks situational awareness and maturity.—
Matthew Fairburn,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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The heroes of the team are now in their dotage so the time to strike again is here and now.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Trump recalled Esposito having a baseball bat under his desk and, in his dotage, swinging a cane at uncooperative elements.—
John Ganz,
airmail.news,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Oldness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oldness. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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