of age

idiom

: having existed for a specified period of time
The student was 20 years of age.

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Further back in the mouth, oak tannins cut through the aforementioned components and bring a welcome element of age, as if the rye waited until the last possible opportunity to remind you of its decade-plus pedigree. — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025 France, Ireland, and Denmark have prohibited the sale of nitrous oxide to people younger than 18 years of age. — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025 Aaron Peck writes in the Times Literary Supplement, Published in 1869, Sentimental Education portrays the coming of age of its central character in the years before France’s Second Empire, an ironic hero whose self-absorption prevents him from any meaningful engagement in life. — Diana Arterian july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025 For those who came of age in the mid-’90s, that was the glorious BBC adaptation starring a note-perfect Jennifer Ehle and a wet-white-shirt-wearing Colin Firth. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for of age

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