as in elders
a person of advanced years
ancients in the tribe are accorded great respect and valued for their wisdom
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Recent Examples of ancients
The exhibit features several dozen dinosaur animatronics that fully loom and roar, and a virtual aquarium stocked with swimming ancients.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancients
Noun
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The workforce’s youngest cohort has been labeled lazy, entitled, and unrelentingly pessimistic by their elders.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
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Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions — rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders, and billionaire miners — move in for the kill, with billions of dollars at stake.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
Noun
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But the approach also yielded errors, with some children being released to adults who forced them to work illegally or to people who provided clearly false identification and addresses.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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But the approach also yielded errors, with some children being released to adults who forced them to work illegally, or to people who provided clearly false identification and addresses.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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“Ancients.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancients. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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