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All of this disproportionately affects the elderly.
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Neil Gaffin, STAT, 29 Dec. 2025
Kristin will be returning to the job as an elderly affairs officer, primarily working at the senior center with the elderly, informing them of scams and elder abuse.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
Those plans are operated by private insurers and reimbursed by the federal government under the Medicare system for the elderly and indigent.
—Jay Weaver
december 23, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Not only are the elderly not a monolithic group, but as Vahia argues, the older a generation gets, the more diverse that generation is.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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Neil Gaffin, STAT, 29 Dec. 2025
Kristin will be returning to the job as an elderly affairs officer, primarily working at the senior center with the elderly, informing them of scams and elder abuse.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
Those plans are operated by private insurers and reimbursed by the federal government under the Medicare system for the elderly and indigent.
—Jay Weaver
december 23, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Not only are the elderly not a monolithic group, but as Vahia argues, the older a generation gets, the more diverse that generation is.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 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 5 Jan. 2026.
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