1
: the fact of being old
She died of old age.
2
: the time of life when a person is old
He's getting sweeter in his old age.
: of, for, or relating to old people
an old-age home
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New Atlas, 20 May 2025
They haven’t been given the luxury of settling into old age, letting their views and interpretations of the past harden like fossils.
—Frances Dodds Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
And the reason that the savings rate is high is because Chinese households are concerned about their future pension liabilities, medical liabilities, old-age liabilities, because the government doesn’t provide enough social protection.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
These animals have similar lifespans to humans yet, despite their size, show little signs of cancer, even in very old age.
—New Atlas, 20 May 2025
They haven’t been given the luxury of settling into old age, letting their views and interpretations of the past harden like fossils.
—Frances Dodds Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Adjective
In March 2025, about 60 million of these were claiming old-age and survivor benefits, while 8 million were collecting disability benefits.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
And the reason that the savings rate is high is because Chinese households are concerned about their future pension liabilities, medical liabilities, old-age liabilities, because the government doesn’t provide enough social protection.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Old age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20age. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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