1
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 progressed
to become mature
as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet
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Recent Examples of aged
Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The three-bedroom, five-bathroom main house was renovated in a blend of historic and modern European farmhouse styles, with five fireplaces and aged white hardwood floors throughout giving the dwelling a cozy, down-to-earth feel.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
In a 2024 study involving 115,726 Korean men and women aged 40-69 years, people who ate one-to-three serves of kimchi a day had better metabolic health markers than those who didn't eat it regularly.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
In Minnesota, Kelsey Waits, 39, said her two children, aged 15 and 12, had different reactions to the Disney boycott.
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According to the police, eight people aged between 2 and 59 years old, including a mother and toddler and a crew member, were injured in the incident.
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New York’s venerable Manhattan Theatre Club has selected Associate Artistic Director Nicki Hunter to take over as Artistic Director when Lynne Meadow steps aside on December 1.—
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And as if a constant stream of social media vitriol wasn’t enough of an insult to the venerable lawns, they are subjected to constant meteorological insults as well.—
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Which brings me to the question of why this all progressed from a snowball fight to an authoritarian avalanche at such lightning speed?—
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Jinnies progressed to competitive cheerleading on the collegiate level at Orange Coast College, where his squad was undefeated.—
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The rest of the world should learn from Europe’s failures, and not burden its relatively younger and poorer citizens with funding benefits for its relatively wealthy and retired elderly ones.—
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Noguera was assigned to assist elderly prisoners as part of a prison program for inmates with disabilities.—
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The piece filled both a madrasa and a caravanserai, placing ancient craft next to modern technology.—
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But those who study the stars say this is a fact long known by ancient astronomers, and the disconnect is essentially an intentional feature of the zodiac, not a bug.—
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Over the same period, Democratic registration grew by about 38,000 voters, or roughly 3%.—
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With RoboBallet, the complexity of computation also grew with the complexity of the system, but at a far slower rate.—
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The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested and charged with capital murder.—
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That Tamra and Gretchen are both doing the same thing, trafficking in old rumors and nastiness not about the husband, as Meredith Marks would say, but about each other.—
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The researchers suggest the specimen is an adult that had not yet fully matured -- about 19 years old, based on its bone microstructure.—
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As South Florida’s visual arts community has matured, so has global recognition of our artists.—
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There’s that anti-aging guy, Bryan Johnson, whom Chris Smith also made a film about.—
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The boy’s death put a spotlight on the largely unregulated use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the wellness industry, which has promoted the use of the chambers for anti-aging, mental health and other benefits.—
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“Aged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aged. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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