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Adjective
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States and food pantries cannot cover food for needy elderly, children and the disabled without federal support.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2025 -
An Australian woman was on Monday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, and attempting to murder a fourth, in a case that gripped the country.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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His career spans senior roles in London and Los Angeles within broadcasters, production companies and distributors, including positions at BBC Studios, Shine International and RDF.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Speculation had mounted that senior studio leaders would lose their jobs, but since April the company has had five big hits, including A Minecraft Movie and Sinners, and is feeling bullish once more.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Assemble a planning team that includes an elder law attorney, a financial advisor experienced with disability planning, and potentially a geriatric care manager.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The reforms to medical and geriatric parole, which will go into effect on Oct. 1, are essential and shamefully overdue.—
Natasha Dartigue,
Baltimore Sun,
18 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 26 Jul. 2025.
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