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Recent Examples of codger Indeed, exercise is for everyone, from toddlers to codgers. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2025 For older codgers like me who prefer golf clubs to nightclubs, a serene and charming alternative is the city of La Quinta, best known for its incomparable golf courses at PGA West and the historic La Quinta Resort & Club, another redolent whiff of Hollywood’s glorious days gone by. David Weiss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 Popular culture’s usual parade of toothless codgers and crones increasingly seemed obsolete. Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 Otto is also suicidal — something A Man Called Otto never sufficiently dramatizes, cheapening the codger’s despair as the film prepares for the feel-good ending to come. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024 Most residents can recite Arizona's 5 C's that have long been driven the state economy — copper, citrus, codgers and cactus candy. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2024 Pitcher took off his dress shoes and socks, went down there cold and dusted those old codgers. Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2023 He’s become the modern-day equivalent of a town crier, a character somewhere between a loving grandfather and a next-door codger with a tale for every occasion. David Lyman, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2020
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Noun
  • For decades, sovereign citizens largely flew under the radar in Australia as relatively harmless eccentrics with a special interest in conspiracy theories.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Both towns are filled with lovable eccentrics, both treat community as a kind of moral center, and both ask us to consider what decency looks like at the local level.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Here, played by the black actress Karen Bryson, the character is all brains and sass.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • At one point during NCIS' run, de Pablo's character was thought to be dead.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So energy from pedaling is recovered at the crank and converted into electricity to drive a hub motor.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The ensemble cast members are game and deliver spirited, crank-up-the-volume performances, notably the vamping about de Armas and the unravelling and often unclad Law.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There are also two originals by American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Blessedly, the follow-up to The Nun improves on the original in every way.
    Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Stir in pecans and cook, stirring often, until nuts are toasted and butter is browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The best vitamins for nails come from eating foods like leafy greens, eggs, nuts, seeds, sweet potato, cold water fish, and more that are rich in a few key vitamins.
    Brianna Peters, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Codger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codger. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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