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Clerics tend to be graybeards who have distinguished themselves through scholarship.
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Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.
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Matt Pearce,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Oct. 2022
Joe Thornton, the Bruins' No. 1 draft pick in 1997, is now an NHL graybeard.
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Dan Shaughnessy,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
While Diener is the graybeard of the team, 24-year-old Sacar Anim is the youngest.
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Ben Steele,
Journal Sentinel,
20 July 2022
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Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.
—
Matt Pearce,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Oct. 2022
Joe Thornton, the Bruins' No. 1 draft pick in 1997, is now an NHL graybeard.
—
Dan Shaughnessy,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
While Diener is the graybeard of the team, 24-year-old Sacar Anim is the youngest.
—
Ben Steele,
Journal Sentinel,
20 July 2022
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“Graybeard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graybeard. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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graybeard
noun
gray·beard
ˈgrā-ˌbi(ə)rd 
: an old man
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