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Noun
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Then the interview happens, and Thomas is swinging between lucidity and senility, and a million things about their relationship come up, and the fiction records the interview the phone couldn’t capture.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026 -
Is Chuck Schumer headed down the same dark treadmill to senility pioneered by Dementia Joe Biden before him?—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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Some of the employees whose positions were being cut could bump into a vacant position or receive a role based on seniority.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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The layoffs impacted employees with a wide array of seniority, according to those involved and with knowledge of the plans.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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This can get very funny, depending on your maturity level and sense of humor.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
19 May 2026
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Roughly 38% to 46% of contracts fall into low-maturity structures, lacking pricing transparency, benchmarking mechanisms or meaningful flexibility clauses.—
David Pennino,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Far from being a sign of dotage, scientists concurred, music practice in old age confers all kinds of cognitive benefits.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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In his basketball dotage, Kyle Lowry is getting soft.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Embracing adulthood after having her childhood and adolescence stolen likely demanded even more courage and resilience.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Punk Essays, is a coming-of-age collection of pop-culture criticism and personal narratives traversing the author’s formative years in South Gate, CA, through present day adulthood, navigating the center of being black, Latino, and a punk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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“Oldness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oldness. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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