Examples of the elderly in a Sentence
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The year before, three-fourths of the elderly candidates were turned down at their hearings.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
Call it naiveté or call it negligence; in interviews, the elderly Stewart comes across as gentle and soft-spoken.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
Call it naiveté or call it negligence; in interviews, the elderly Stewart comes across as gentle and soft-spoken.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for the elderly
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“The elderly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20elderly. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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