old age

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noun

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.

old-age

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adjective

: of, for, or relating to old people

an old-age home

Examples of old age in a Sentence

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Noun

Over a 10-year period, a 1 percentage-point increase in the old age share of the population is associated with a 0.92 percentage point decrease in the average annual return of the overall market in an unweighted sample, Wise said. —Michelle Fox, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024

State of play: Latinos in the 18- to 29-year old age bracket tend to lean independent and are less likely to commit to a political party than some of their elders, analysts say. —Astrid Galván, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024

Adjective

Trump’s tax cuts on tips and old-age benefits have broad bipartisan appeal, according to a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll last month. —Eliyahu Kamisher, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2024

For instance, the share of the old-age population — those 65 years or older — in the U.S. is expected to grow to 21.5% from 18.1% over the next decade, the bank said. —Michelle Fox, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024