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as in older
being of advanced years and especially past middle age all the young men went to fight in the war; and only the aged and infirm remained behind
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as in venerable
dating or surviving from the distant past a forest of aged and gnarled oaks
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as in grew
to become mature as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet
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Recent Examples of aged
Tom Burrows, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 Kiffin, who shares more motivational quotes and messages on X than your chronically online, middle-aged aunt, opted to tag the official football accounts of Ole Miss and Tennessee on Saturday with his latest. —Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026 Founded in 1986 by Joseph Myron Segel, QVC, which is short for Quality Value Convenience, built a following primarily of women aged 50 and older, according to Lawrence Duke, a clinical professor of marketing at the university’s LeBow College of Business. —Anne D'innocenzio, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for aged
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Safonov, who began his football career in Krasnodar’s academy aged 12, is not your typical footballer. —Tom Burrows, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 Kiffin, who shares more motivational quotes and messages on X than your chronically online, middle-aged aunt, opted to tag the official football accounts of Ole Miss and Tennessee on Saturday with his latest. —Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
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So toss the myth of western military omnipotence onto the mounting pile of ripoff schemes that have aged badly. —Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026 Founded in 1986 by Joseph Myron Segel, QVC, which is short for Quality Value Convenience, built a following primarily of women aged 50 and older, according to Lawrence Duke, a clinical professor of marketing at the university’s LeBow College of Business. —Anne D'innocenzio, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for aged
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Every baseball fan who reads your venerable newspaper knows this great Hall of Fame baseball writer would never have deigned to explain the Mets’ disastrous spring with the aid of these equations.— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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There’s an array of binoculars on the market, but the high-end pairs can cost a venerable fortune.— Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026
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Sonja Shaw Shaw is the Chino Valley Unified School District board president and a Republican activist who emerged as a major player in the COVID-era parental rights movement as conservative families grew concerned that public schools were becoming hotbeds of leftist indoctrination.— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Residents at the meeting also grew antsy.— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
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That first night, Andrej’s roommates were a man in a coma and an elderly French woman in a diaper and boots (no pants), who marched around her bed singing like a chanteuse.— Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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The entire neighborhood, which includes Afghan immigrant Rahim (Elham Ehsas) and his elderly parents, has been evacuated to nearby Hyde Park, and the cops, led by the efficient but slightly overwhelmed Chief Superintendent Zuzana (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), have set up a security cordon.— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
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Summer means movies 🍿 From ancient Greece to a galaxy far, far away, the summer movie season has a blockbuster lineup of epic, sci-fi, superheroes and heroines to draw film fans to theaters.— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
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Each year, the city welcomes many curious visitors to experience the magnetism of ancient tradition meeting futuristic technology head-on.— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
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That progressed slowly to sending each other nudes.— Staff Author, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
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Morgan Rogers fired wide from the ensuing chance, yet the sweeping move — teasing passes before going through the gears as play progressed upfield — was what Villa often desire, but can sometime lack.— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
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This handheld medical-grade device, designed for at-home anti-aging, skin rejuvenation, and pain relief, valued at $10,700, sold for the bargain price of $250.— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 21 Apr. 2026
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Sonja Lyubomirsky, a researcher at UC Riverside, has studied how aging mindset is linked to real outcomes.— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
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Senior second baseman Alexis Richter has learned a lot about playing softball from her three older sisters.— Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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The 73-year-old Weinstein kept his eyes trained on Mann throughout her Tuesday testimony, intermittently whispering to his attorney, Teny Geragos.— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
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By the time many equity operators were able to open their doors, much of the market had already matured and consolidated.— Sonya M. Harper, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Prime Minister Takaichi’s rise proves that Japanese society has matured enough to elect, and welcome, female leaders at the highest level.— Yuriko Koike, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Aged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/aged. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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