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  • n  people who are old collectively
    special arrangements were available for the aged
  • v  begin to seem older; get older
  • v  grow old or older
    She aged gracefully
  • v  make older
    The death of his child aged him tremendously
  • s  advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
    aged members of the society
  • s  at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
    aged rocks
  • s  having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
    aged ten
  • s  of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)
    mature well-aged cheeses
  • s  (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

  • Sales soar as liquor snobs discover the fine aged varieties' mellow, complex flavors.
  • While that proportion of the population has increased overall over the past decade, Olowokure points out that middle-aged and older people tend to delay visiting a doctor for .
  • Even more startling than recent overall advances in surgery is the improved outlook for aged patients who need operations.
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  • Barack Obama in CNN
    I think it was a pretty straightforward commentary that you probably don't need to handcuff a guy, a middle-aged man who uses a cane, who's in his own home,Obama told ABC's "Nightline."
  • Stephen Colbert in Forbes
    In a guest column for Maureen Dowd in Sunday's New York Times, Colbert wrote: "I am not ready to announce yet - even though it's clear that the voters are desperate for a white, male, middle-aged, Jesus-trumpeting alternative."
  • Ian Poulter in Telegraph.co.uk
    This is what Poulter told GolfWorld: "Tiger is one in a million. Actually Tiger is one in ten million. He is extraordinary. He was winning majors when he was 20. I was working in a pro shop in Leighton Buzzard when I was aged 23. The trouble is I...

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