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as in adult
a person of advanced years
in that Asian society elders are accorded great respect
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as in ancestor
one who is older than another
it wouldn't hurt to show a little more respect for your elders
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as in dean
the senior member of a group
as the elder of the contingent of living former presidents, he was accorded a place of highest honor at the ceremonies
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Recent Examples of elder
Orange led a short story workshop last weekend at San Francisco’s Mechanics’ Institute in exchange for funding to support Native elders.
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
Sources of succor and disquiet—currents which Winter has ridden in life and art—each female elder is a maternal presence who offers complementary textures to the tapestry Winter has woven from threads of experience and sheer imagination.
—Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Gen Zers' social media- and internet-influenced subculture is changing language faster than their elders can keep up.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Pineda — who was charged with one count of assault and battery on an elder or disabled person with injury — initially pleaded not guilty, per the outlet.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
Sources of succor and disquiet—currents which Winter has ridden in life and art—each female elder is a maternal presence who offers complementary textures to the tapestry Winter has woven from threads of experience and sheer imagination.
—Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Gen Zers' social media- and internet-influenced subculture is changing language faster than their elders can keep up.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Pineda — who was charged with one count of assault and battery on an elder or disabled person with injury — initially pleaded not guilty, per the outlet.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elder
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But the disease is highly treatable if caught early; screening is recommended for adults ages 45 to 75 at average risk.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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Young cousins were told to go play while adults tensely discussed the case.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The ensign, who had neglected to check the tides before entering the harbor, immediately reported his failure to his superiors, who fired him and hauled him before a court-martial.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Maigret’s unconventional methods and unique sense of justice put him at odds with his superiors and the judicial system he is supposed to represent.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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In a personal tie, her paternal ancestors were the owners of the woollen manufacturer and merchant, William Lupton & Co, which was based in Leeds.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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It was owned by the Torriani-Avanti family for more than 300 years, and yes, the same family whose ancestors now rest in Florence’s Santa Croce alongside Michelangelo and Galileo.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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Among them is Su Jionglong, deputy dean of the School of AI and Advanced Computing at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, who studies how the technology can help reduce discrimination, provide emotional support, and enable faster medical diagnoses.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Aleksandar Tomic, an economist and associate dean for strategy, innovation, and technology at Boston College, said prediction markets like Polymarket have existed before.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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But Italian brainrot’s invisible massiveness, totally foreign to oldsters but beloved by children across continents and languages, is a compelling and chilling showcase of our frazzled internet culture landscape.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Uncle Herschel, the seated oldster in Cracker Barrel’s iconic logo, is not only a character from corporate lore, the founder’s real-life uncle, but a representative, even an aspirational, figure for a certain kind of American.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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And Ippei Mizuhara is doing fed time already for stealing millions from his famous boss, Shohei Ohtani, to pay off gambling debts.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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Together, the fill-in bosses turned an early one-score deficit into a 38-0 surge before obliterating Michigan State 38-13 on Saturday.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Catherine Vautrin, a veteran of the center-right, replaced Lecornu as defense minister.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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That conviction comes alive across Portrait, a lush and fearless record co-produced by veteran trumpeter Brian Lynch.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
12 Oct. 2025
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What had long been the province of geriatrics quickly morphed into something performative and hyper-masculine, with podcasters hyping testosterone injections, influencers displaying stacks of supplements, and billionaires interested in blood plasma exchanges as a way to live longer.—
Anne Marie Chaker,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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With Spinal Tap, the joke never gets old, even if the hilarious-as-ever heavy metal trio is now bordering on geriatric.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Elder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elder. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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