: a segment of a population that is of approximately the same age or is within a specified range of ages
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The day also includes an Easter Bonnet Parade at 10:35 a.m. and age-group egg hunts from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Arsenal and Chelsea have enjoyed age-group success and maintained a pathway to the first team in recent years.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
As a second-year academy scholar, Armstrong is still eligible for age-group football.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Beaten only by Erling Haaland to the 2020 Golden Boy award, given to the best under-21 age-group player in Europe, Fati returned to Barcelona last summer after an unsuccessful season on loan at Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.
—Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Nsue represented Spain age-group teams, including at an Under-21 European Championship.
—Graham Dunbar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
Villa signed the Scotland youth international from Rangers in July 2022, following an age-group campaign which saw Wilson rack up 49 goals.
—The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
Because the Olympics are an age-group tournament in men’s soccer, the 18-man roster was limited to players born on or after Jan. 1, 2001, with three overage exceptions.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
Fast forward a few years and Bounds, previously a sedentary and unathletic journalist in her mid 40s, has transformed herself into world-class age-group obstacle course racer.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 July 2024
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Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Arsenal and Chelsea have enjoyed age-group success and maintained a pathway to the first team in recent years.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
As a second-year academy scholar, Armstrong is still eligible for age-group football.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Beaten only by Erling Haaland to the 2020 Golden Boy award, given to the best under-21 age-group player in Europe, Fati returned to Barcelona last summer after an unsuccessful season on loan at Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.
—Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Nsue represented Spain age-group teams, including at an Under-21 European Championship.
—Graham Dunbar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
Villa signed the Scotland youth international from Rangers in July 2022, following an age-group campaign which saw Wilson rack up 49 goals.
—The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
Because the Olympics are an age-group tournament in men’s soccer, the 18-man roster was limited to players born on or after Jan. 1, 2001, with three overage exceptions.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
Fast forward a few years and Bounds, previously a sedentary and unathletic journalist in her mid 40s, has transformed herself into world-class age-group obstacle course racer.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 July 2024
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“Age-group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age-group. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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