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or ageing
as in older
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
more and more middle-aged adults must care for aging parents
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or ageing
as in growing
to become mature
as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet
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Recent Examples of aging
Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Interestingly, after aging for six years, the whiskey was blended with four percent 15-year-old Indiana bourbon (presumably from MGP).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
The high-tech serum works overnight to plump, hydrate, and soften aging skin.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Her expertise is in the areas of anti-aging procedures and skin cancer treatment.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
The Philippine government has been tapping private businesses to upgrade and run its aging airport infrastructure.
—Ian Sayson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
According to Ilyas, the ingredient is the most effective for tackling concerns associated with aging skin— including fine lines, pigmentation, breakouts, redness, textural changes, and thinning.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Wong is training machine learning to identify the tiniest of molecules inside aging cells, understand what’s happening with them, and then create drugs that will target and restore those molecules to keep us, biologically, young.
—Zoya Hasan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The series follows an aging boxer whose manager secures him a final title shot.
—Ty Gaskins, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
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Despite its star power, the roster is aging with a handful of bloated contracts on the books.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Interestingly, after aging for six years, the whiskey was blended with four percent 15-year-old Indiana bourbon (presumably from MGP).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
The high-tech serum works overnight to plump, hydrate, and soften aging skin.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Her expertise is in the areas of anti-aging procedures and skin cancer treatment.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
The Philippine government has been tapping private businesses to upgrade and run its aging airport infrastructure.
—Ian Sayson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
According to Ilyas, the ingredient is the most effective for tackling concerns associated with aging skin— including fine lines, pigmentation, breakouts, redness, textural changes, and thinning.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Wong is training machine learning to identify the tiniest of molecules inside aging cells, understand what’s happening with them, and then create drugs that will target and restore those molecules to keep us, biologically, young.
—Zoya Hasan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The series follows an aging boxer whose manager secures him a final title shot.
—Ty Gaskins, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aging
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Things can take a turn on the fifth or sixth day of your injection protocol, once a bunch of follicles are growing.Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Oct. 2024
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The rise of the wet martini is closely linked to the growing interest in mindful drinking.Rachel King, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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People who are elderly, sick, or disabled may not be capable of flight.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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The flash-forward also features Lori Loughlin as an elderly version of her character, Becky, complete with an exaggeratedly wide prosthetic derriere.John Russell, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The habits and mindsets that brought you success at one stage of your career might hold you back from progressing to the next level.Cara Heilmann, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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After this recent stratospheric flight, which was supported by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering and the Rapid Prototyping Programs, AV will continue aggressively progressing Horus A towards operational employment.Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2024
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This time around, my kids (aged 11, 8, 6, and 2) are fully tuned in to the candidates and the stakes.Chloe Schama, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
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Each section of the building’s exterior is paired with a layer of terra-cotta pilasters that don both the east and west façades of the tower, giving it a glamorous aged feel without overdoing it.Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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At the event, a recruitment party for prospective employees, Musk’s main selling point was speed — touting the company’s pace in developing products, and creating AI tools in a fast and nimble environment, comparing xAI to an SR-71 jet.Richard Nieva, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Jake’s interview with Allen also revealed that HBO is developing a remake of Back, the Channel 4 comedy starring Peep Show pair David Mitchell and Robert Webb, with original writer Simon Blackwell on board.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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These medications mimic the hormones in your body involved in egg development, but at a much higher level, so all of your eligible eggs that month have a shot at maturing.Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Oct. 2024
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Its short-term Treasury ladder ETF focuses on securities maturing between one to three years, its intermediate-term fund aims for exposure on securities maturing between three and 10 years and its long-term ETF targets those maturing in 10 to 30 years.Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Aging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aging. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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