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- verb Present participle of
grey .
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Examples
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He is already 'greying' too quickly. lovable liberal
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New Zealand would experience a "greying" of the inmate population as those with mental decline offended.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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The "greying" effect was so pronounced that it could potentially be used to determine whether or not someone is depressed, the study published in Biological Psychiatry said.
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Much of the increase in cases can be attributed to the "greying" of Canada.
CTV News RSS Feed 2010
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The "greying" effect was so pronounced that it could potentially be used to determine whether or not someone is depressed, the study published in Biological Psychiatry said.
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Ranging from the 'greying' of the RSS Shakhas to the impact of the electronic channels on the attendance, ranging from the backward looking dress to the relevance of its ideology in times of globalisation everything was put under scanner.
Kafila 2009
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The demographic ageing - the "greying" of the population - is also proceeding most rapidly in countries like China, India and Latin America, the study said.
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• Significant ageing, or 'greying', of the population is occurring.
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It makes you old and miserable (just witness the rapid greying of Obama and Bush within the first few months of office).
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Two giants, flush-faced, with greying hair, were locked in each other's arms.
Chapter 4 2010
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