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advancing years



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Beyond that, Stafford has discovered the upside of his advancing years without suffering a steep physical decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Signs of his advancing years were also showing.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

A hearing test revealed mild loss in high frequencies, which was possibly age-related—she is in her early 60s, and some difficulty with these frequencies often comes with advancing years.

From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023

He finds Pádraic dull and, in his advancing years, he figures he has no more time for dullness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Partly in recognition of his advancing years, in 1617 Galileo moved to a fine villa—almost a palace—known as Bellosguardo, on a hill to the west of Florence.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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