as in senility
the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age
he's now in that stage of his dotage where he has trouble remembering the simplest things
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Even in his relative dotage, the 17-year vet is averaging 29.0 points on .533/.455/.813 shooting splits, 7.0 boards, 3.0 dimes, 1.8 blocks, and 1.0 swipes per contest — while playing a stunning 40 minutes per.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Helen must have told it to herself, in her dotage, long after the ships had sailed home from Troy.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024
Only in the last decade or so, as Jerry tiptoes into his dotage, has the organizational chart come into focus.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2023
Apparently some of us nodded off in our dotage.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2020
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Helen must have told it to herself, in her dotage, long after the ships had sailed home from Troy.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024
Only in the last decade or so, as Jerry tiptoes into his dotage, has the organizational chart come into focus.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2023
Apparently some of us nodded off in our dotage.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2020
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“Dotage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotage. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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