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Over time, these small differences add up and compound into a serious shortfall for the elderly.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Sela targeted people, including the elderly, in and around Beverly Hills from 2021 to 2023, prosecutors said.
—Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Can hospital patients and the elderly be efficiently ferried to the bunkers that have been built specially for them?
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
Similarly, measures of GDP in the United States do not include household production, such as the care of children and the elderly by unpaid caregivers.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Sela targeted people, including the elderly, in and around Beverly Hills from 2021 to 2023, prosecutors said.
—Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Can hospital patients and the elderly be efficiently ferried to the bunkers that have been built specially for them?
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
Similarly, measures of GDP in the United States do not include household production, such as the care of children and the elderly by unpaid caregivers.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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 4 May. 2025.
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