as in elder statesman
the senior member of a group
the revered éminence grise of Civil War historians
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An elder statesman in the field of neuroplasticity, Merzenich and two other scientists received the prestigious Kavli Award in Neuroscience in 2016 for their groundbreaking discoveries that the adult brain could change, adapt and create new neural connections throughout life.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025 -
On a day when the last remaining Israeli hostages returned home after two years in captivity, and both Israelis and Palestinians celebrated the end of the Israel-Hamas war, many of America's elder statesmen and stateswomen kept mum.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Two reps later, Nix saw blitz and — with a veteran’s cool — checked into a quick-hit to Evan Engram, who sped for 20 yards.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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The 40-year-old NBA veteran is reportedly expected to make his return sometime in November.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Rennison is a professor emerita and former associate dean of faculty affairs at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Alma, now a university dean, is sitting in a diner, where Maggie joins her for a short conversation.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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The monastery is central to the story, and its elder—named Zosima in the novel—comforts a woman who has lost her child, aged two years and nine months, with words that echo those uttered by Ambrose.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Their flowers, red, rose above the courtyard and the divan where the village elders met, over the ten balconies and the stairway windows.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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“éminence grise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9minence%20grise. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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