as in older
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
elderly people who stay active are usually the healthiest and the happiest
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Recent Examples of elderly
One quick line, in which an elderly woman recognizes Mark’s sport as one that was threatened with a legal ban, suggests both its controversy and its singularity, but the subject is dropped as casually as it’s mentioned.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
The time limits would apply to any family in which the household heads are not elderly or disabled, with few exceptions.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2025
Sure, Harris is right that presidential campaigns are grueling and a feeble, elderly man was not up to the task.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
The rest of the world should learn from Europe’s failures, and not burden its relatively younger and poorer citizens with funding benefits for its relatively wealthy and retired elderly ones.
—Renaud Foucart, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
The time limits would apply to any family in which the household heads are not elderly or disabled, with few exceptions.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2025
Sure, Harris is right that presidential campaigns are grueling and a feeble, elderly man was not up to the task.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
The rest of the world should learn from Europe’s failures, and not burden its relatively younger and poorer citizens with funding benefits for its relatively wealthy and retired elderly ones.
—Renaud Foucart, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elderly
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While anti-aging focuses on achieving a younger appearance, skin longevity emphasizes that prioritizing healthy skin does more than just give you an outward glow.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
8 Oct. 2025
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For example, if your concern is fine lines and wrinkles, an anti-aging facial may focus on collagen stimulation using retinol, micro-current, and other tightening tools.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Thiaw, aged 24 and capped three times by Germany, is comfortable on the ball, can play in a high line and is good at switching play.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The crowd was largely male and middle-aged, and almost everyone was Black or brown.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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But that’s exactly what the 48-year-old CEO advises that Gen Zers today, who are struggling to get a footing and even getting fired months into new roles, should embrace.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Elderly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elderly. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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