advanced age

collocation in English

meaningsofadvancedandage

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advanced
adjective
uk
/ədˈvɑːnst/
us
/ədˈvænst/
modern and ...
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age
noun
uk
/eɪdʒ/
us
/eɪdʒ/
the period of time someone has been alive or something ...
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(Definition ofadvancedandagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadvanced age

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The propensity to move declines steadily withadvancedage.
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The tendency to switch drops continuously withadvancedage.
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Their analysis might include reference to heradvancedage.
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This leaves affection as the major instrument for social wellbeing for people ofadvancedage.
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Toxicity of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the elderly: isadvancedagea risk factor?
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Theadvancedageof many patients in our sample deserves some comment.
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The most important risk factor for the development of prostate cancer isadvancedage.
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More significant is the denial or restriction of access to resources of people ofadvancedage.
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Both attributes correlated highly withadvancedage, but age was not included in the model.
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Withadvancedage, the switchers have a relatively lower wage than in younger age groups.
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Theadvancedageof the successional forest probably led to a convergent development of leaf characteristics.
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Occasionally, previously asymptomatic congenital bleeding disorders may present at anadvancedage.
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Again, officers can be distinguished by their slightly moreadvancedageand occupational status.
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The moreadvancedageof the hostel group could explain their poorer health and lower independence.
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For example, many tests do not account for increasing levels of sensory impairment withadvancedage.
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Theadvancedageof the successional forest most likely led to a convergence of these traits.
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There is a sharp diminution of resources withadvancedage, regardless of marital status.
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As a social indicator, it suggested thatadvancedageis losing its significance as an independent factor distinguishing lifestyles.
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It is a great privilege to have actors who still, at anadvancedage, accept these sorts of demand.
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In the first interview all of the ' elders ' of the village (important male household heads ofadvancedage) were summoned.
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Controlling for these variables, among both men and women,advancedageis related to lower propensity to switch sickness funds.
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It is also obvious that women start their families earlier and have fewer children at anadvancedage.
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We are living in anadvancedage.
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First, it appears that encoding continues up to a relativelyadvancedage, and that it occurs in response to the written forms of words.
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