as in senility
technical + formal
the state of being old or the process of becoming old
premature senescence
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Before dropping out, Biden’s transparent, prolonged feebleness, if not senescence, left the Democratic Party idling in the Horse Latitudes while Trump’s campaign locomotive accelerated.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Biden’s senescence wasn’t the only dismaying thing about the debate.
—The Editors, National Review, 28 June 2024
His evident delight in mocking Biden as a doddering old fool has inspired a robust marketplace of Republican imitators, who post clips of Biden’s every halting stutter or blank stare as proof of his senescence, while ignoring the many miscues of their own leader.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
Aging, too, could be closely related to reproductive metabolism, adds Burger–perhaps the cost of bearing young speeds up an animal’s senescence.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 May 2024
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Biden’s senescence wasn’t the only dismaying thing about the debate.
—The Editors, National Review, 28 June 2024
His evident delight in mocking Biden as a doddering old fool has inspired a robust marketplace of Republican imitators, who post clips of Biden’s every halting stutter or blank stare as proof of his senescence, while ignoring the many miscues of their own leader.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
Aging, too, could be closely related to reproductive metabolism, adds Burger–perhaps the cost of bearing young speeds up an animal’s senescence.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 May 2024
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“Senescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senescence. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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