ageing

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Singapore’s healthcare sector continues to be supported by structural tailwinds such as an ageing population, although rising costs remain key to watch, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Citing low productivity, industrial decline and an ageing population, the institutes warned that Germany's economy would soon be unable to grow sustainably.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

While the crude oil is now in Cuba, it still needs to be refined at an ageing refinery in Havana – a process which could take longer than a week.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In the ageing nation, home to almost 100,000 people over 100, diapers and related products are used more by seniors than babies.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

They were both old and round, and they lived in their flat with a number of ageing Highland terriers who had names like Hamish and Andrew and Jock.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman