ageing

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Singapore’s healthcare sector continues to be supported by structural tailwinds such as an ageing population, although rising costs remain key to watch, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Beijing is aware of the country's rapidly ageing population, Xu says.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

But whatever the complexion of the incoming Welsh government, it will face up to an ageing and potentially budget-draining legacy of health service buildings.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Citing low productivity, industrial decline and an ageing population, the institutes warned that Germany's economy would soon be unable to grow sustainably.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

They were both old and round, and they lived in their flat with a number of ageing Highland terriers who had names like Hamish and Andrew and Jock.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman