as in older
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
symptoms most often seen in senescent people
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Recent Examples of senescent
If the cells were truly senescent, then the medications should both reduce the number of senescent cells and reverse many of the structural DNA changes and gene expression disruptions.
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Megan Molteni, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
Megan Molteni, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
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However, for those who are very young, elderly or have health problems, the temperature shouldn't dip below 68 degrees, WHO adds.Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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And This Guy was in jail, having pleaded guilty to assault with serious bodily injury as well as neglect of an elderly or disabled person.Bellamy Young, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 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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The poll additionally showed that people aged 18 to 44 were more likely than older adults to disapprove of how Biden handles his job as president, at 66 percent.Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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To that end, the William Morris wallpaper in the pantry was varnished for an aged, wax-cloth effect, and the enchanting powder room in the playroom is enveloped in a personalized mural.Busola Evans, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Senescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senescent. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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