Examples of the elderly in a Sentence
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And when the 25,000 Social Security checks worth $8 million are delivered each month, police say 80 pickpockets arrive to prey on the elderly.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
These patients, the elderly, don’t navigate the internet or the iPhone well to seek new primary and specialist providers.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
He was later charged with the Fuller murder after officials matched a shell casing from the trooper shooting to the gun used to kill the elderly man.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
And the lawyers fighting the elderly couple get paid.
—Dave Lieber
feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
These patients, the elderly, don’t navigate the internet or the iPhone well to seek new primary and specialist providers.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
He was later charged with the Fuller murder after officials matched a shell casing from the trooper shooting to the gun used to kill the elderly man.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
And the lawyers fighting the elderly couple get paid.
—Dave Lieber
feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
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“The elderly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20elderly. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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