age difference
noun
: the amount by which ages are different
There's a 15-year age difference between her oldest and youngest children.
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Meanwhile, Mark and Mina were already debating having a second child – but Mark’s family remained skeptical about their 23-year age difference.
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
His former players Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski roasted the age difference during Netflix's The Roast of Tom Brady, in which Belichick and Hudson were also in attendance.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Nantucket authorities arraigned Aldana-Arevalo on July 26 in Nantucket District Court for one count of rape of a child with a 10-year age difference, and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2024
Their relationship was recently the subject of jokes at the event, where Snoop Dogg took aim at their age difference.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
His former players Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski roasted the age difference during Netflix's The Roast of Tom Brady, in which Belichick and Hudson were also in attendance.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Nantucket authorities arraigned Aldana-Arevalo on July 26 in Nantucket District Court for one count of rape of a child with a 10-year age difference, and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2024
Their relationship was recently the subject of jokes at the event, where Snoop Dogg took aim at their age difference.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Age difference.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age%20difference. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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