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age

[eyj] / eɪdʒ /
NOUN
period of animate existence
Synonyms
STRONGEST
life maturity old age youth
STRONG
adolescence adulthood boyhood childhood dotage girlhood infancy lifetime majority senility seniority
WEAK
elderliness middle age
NOUN
a period of time
Synonyms
STRONGEST
century date day era generation life millennium
STRONG
aeon duration epoch interim interval lifetime span
WEAK
blue moon
Antonyms
STRONG
continuation
VERB
become older
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deteriorate develop get along grow grow up mature
STRONG
decline mellow push ripen wane
WEAK
grow feeble grow old
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cease decrease halt lessen stop
STRONG
increase rise

Example Sentences

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Here, some of the newcomers shaping the golden age of bagels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

The King noted their encounter came "almost a decade before the age of colour television, and of course our paths have crossed many times since".

From BBC • May 8, 2026

I don’t have any of my own biological children, but my brother died at age 31 in 2001, leaving behind three children.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Couples retiring at the full retirement age, 67, would face a $100,000 limit on their combined benefits.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

For Willits’s New Jersey friends, she finally agreed to attempt “mysteries hitherto unknown in the age of the world.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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