dotage
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I take heart from his example when I wonder, in moments of doubt or exhaustion, why in the world I have launched a demanding business in what otherwise might have been a leisurely dotage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
"I've always wanted to tap dance, and in my dotage perhaps it's something I could take up," said Queen Camilla, when she met Johannes Radebe from the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing show.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024
We meet Bob in his dotage; retired from life as a librarian, he stumbles into a new sense of purpose as a senior-center volunteer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023
Charles took over the family business well past normal retirement age, while Amis was denied the illustrious dotage that great writers deserve.
From New York Times • May 22, 2023
They might or might not have counted themselves happy, though; happiness as they conceived it then was a thing attained, a grand state, involving a fiefdom to survey from the plump comfort of their dotage.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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