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The phrase "about five years old" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when estimating the age of a person, animal, or object, indicating that the age is approximately five years.
Example: "The dog is about five years old, making it still quite energetic and playful."
Alternatives: "approximately five years old" or "roughly five years old".
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The bushes are about five years old.
I was about five years old, I reckon.
Young Pete Levi Alexanderr) is about five years old.
A few of them have been around since 1994, but most are about five years old.
Now nearly 30 feet high and about five years old, it is a commanding presence.
This would be from the time I was about five years old until I was around eight and a half.
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She was then about nineteen years old and described as "pretty likely", meaning "good looking".
The fossil is about four million years older than those found earlier in the Americas.
They were about five years older than me.
One thing appears certain: Will has a type — brittle brunettes about five years older than him.
About four years old, to be precise.
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