old age

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noun

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.

old-age

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adjective

: of, for, or relating to old people
an old-age home

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Noun
Advocates for people with disabilities strongly oppose an insurance program that pays benefits only in old age. — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Researchers found that Queen Elisenda was buried in simple, modest clothing, despite being a queen — and that her remains showed health conditions commonly associated with old age. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Adjective
One problem with all these efforts to mitigate old-age loneliness, Schiller notes, is that the loneliest generation is actually Gen Z. — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 The Social Security trust fund will run dry in 2032, unless Congress combines the program's old-age and disability funds, in which case insolvency would arrive in 2034, the report found. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for old age

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