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Adjective
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In rare cases, salmonella can result in more serious illness and can be fatal in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
4 May 2025 -
Medicaid is a crucial public health program in the United States, providing essential health care services to millions of low-income families, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and individuals with disabilities.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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In her senior year, Catina who'd been accepted to the University of the Pacific, wanted to break up with Steve.—
Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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Mulkey benched Reese for a handful of games at the start of her senior year.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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Over the 10 years of data the study analyzed, nearly 64% of small and rural counties had no geriatric physicians or nurse practitioners.—
Meg Cunningham,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2025
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Tilly, at 16, was considered geriatric for her species.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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QAnon was for senescent boomers; fashwave and Embrace Masculinity clips are millennial-coded.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2025
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If the cells were truly senescent, then the medications should both reduce the number of senescent cells and reverse many of the structural DNA changes and gene expression disruptions.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
9 Jan. 2022
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“Centenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centenarian. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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