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de-age

American  
[dee-ayj] / ˌdiˈeɪdʒ /

verb (used with object)

de-aged, de-aging
  1. to make (someone) look or become younger; reduce in age or apparent age.


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Though The Rolling Stones used cutting-edge tech to de-age themselves for a recent music video, the octogenarian rockers aren’t too keen on artificial intelligence.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

They might have chosen to de-age Ms. Kidman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Of course, AI has recently been used to "de-age" actors, like in Tom Hanks' 2024 film "Here."

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

This was painstakingly photographed and mapped along with software allowing the experts to "de-age" the prince.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2023

To de-age the “Star Wars” actor, Mangold and his team replicated Indy’s iconic “Raiders” jacket and used software that matched “archived material” with newer footage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

Those who grew up with the film will be struck by the distinct mid-’90s film grain dusted onto Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, both of whom have been uncannily de-aged.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026

Speaking during a press conference for the film at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, the “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” icon, 80, praised the technology that made his de-aged character seem “very realistic.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023

AP: So even though you begin with a de-aged Indiana, you wanted to embrace who Ford, 80, is today.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2023

The film opens at the end of the Second World War with a younger-looking Ford, a feat of artificial intelligence technology that uses old footage to create a de-aged version of his face.

From Reuters ● May 19, 2023

Similar technology has already been used in the latest Indiana Jones film, for which Harrison Ford, 80, was "de-aged" for the opening sequence.

From BBC ● May 16, 2023

A viewer coming in cold, with no information about the casting, might think initially that Ms. Kidman had been subject to the kind of computerized de-aging used on, say, Robert De Niro in “The Irishman.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Xfinity’s first-ever Big Game bid utilizes de-aging software to bring Jurassic Park stars Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill back to the ’90s.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026

Thanks to digital de-aging, he looks 10 or 11 years old, the age Schnapp was when “Stranger Things” first went into production.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2025

Similarly, other markers that Mr. Johnson measures may correlate with age but haven’t been shown to cause aging or de-aging.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

For Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman,’ the task of de-aging Robert De Niro involved cutting-edge CGI and countless hours of collaborative work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

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