How to Use senescence in a Sentence

senescence

noun
  • The takes on what this study might say about cell senescence are more mixed.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • When trees lived in shade, their fall senescence was delayed by more than a week.
    — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Cells that refuse to die can instead enter a phase called senescence.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2017
  • Alaska trees and shrubs will soon be done with their senescence for 2021.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Sep. 2021
  • An octopus in senescence stays in her den guarding her eggs and may lose more than half her body weight.
    — National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Scientists are careful to note that cell senescence can be useful.
    — Laura Ungar, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022
  • This state, called cellular senescence, has been linked to diseases such as cancer.
    — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers are also looking for ways to detect the levels of senescence in the body.
    — Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Biden’s senescence wasn’t the only dismaying thing about the debate.
    — The Editors, National Review, 28 June 2024
  • Among those 60 years of age and older, Pilates has even been shown to slow the process of senescence.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Species such as sea anemones and hydras show no signs of senescence, and many researchers believe that aging is not inevitable.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • There’s no dithering yet—the senescence is almost undetectable.
    — Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2021
  • And unless they get arrested and put into jail, they may be doomed to homelessness in their senescence.
    — Jay Newton-Small, Time, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Studies of turtles and lizards have also turned up negative senescence.
    — Hillary Rosner, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2014
  • Tests in humans haven't yet begun, and further research into cell senescence and cell death needed.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2017
  • Over time, as animals age, more and more cells enter senescence, a process that's thought to contribute to aging.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 July 2018
  • Aging, or senescence, is a progressive loss of function and performance with time.
    — Yao-Hua Law, Science | AAAS, 25 Mar. 2021
  • But having too few senescent cells is dangerous, because senescence helps block tumors.
    — Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Seventeen years beneath the ground, a single mating frenzy in the treetops, then a rapid senescence and death.
    — Washington Post, 26 May 2021
  • Their length decreases with aging, and this contributes to cell senescence, meaning the cells can no longer divide.
    — Liz Seegert, Time, 1 June 2021
  • Some of these byproducts can even accelerate senescence in neighboring cells.
    — Matthew Steinhauser, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The issue is that cells in a state of senescence release a steady stream of inflammatory molecules.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Capturing this trait—known as negligible senescence—is the holy grail of aging research.
    — Adrian Woolfson, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Ghost died Tuesday after entering senescence, the end-of-life process that starts after laying eggs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • They are overtaken by Jones, who, stirred from senescence, thunders down the avenue on a horse, with Nazis on his—and its—tail.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 30 June 2023
  • To Republicans, this is proof of Biden’s senescence; to the press, his lack of transparency.
    — Jason Zengerle, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Turning off a key senescence gene also turned off the production of stem cells and tissue regeneration.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
  • In an era in which maturity is derided as senescence, good drinks offer a counternarrative.
    — Eric Felten, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Year after year, from childhood through senescence, our birthdays are accompanied by turkeys and fruitcake and mistletoe.
    — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Some evolutionary theories propose that senescence is the result of an energy trade-off.
    — Wired, 19 July 2022

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