as in older
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
elderly people who stay active are usually the healthiest and the happiest
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Recent Examples of elderly
One quick line, in which an elderly woman recognizes Mark’s sport as one that was threatened with a legal ban, suggests both its controversy and its singularity, but the subject is dropped as casually as it’s mentioned.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
The time limits would apply to any family in which the household heads are not elderly or disabled, with few exceptions.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2025
Sure, Harris is right that presidential campaigns are grueling and a feeble, elderly man was not up to the task.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
The rest of the world should learn from Europe’s failures, and not burden its relatively younger and poorer citizens with funding benefits for its relatively wealthy and retired elderly ones.
—Renaud Foucart, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
The time limits would apply to any family in which the household heads are not elderly or disabled, with few exceptions.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2025
Sure, Harris is right that presidential campaigns are grueling and a feeble, elderly man was not up to the task.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
The rest of the world should learn from Europe’s failures, and not burden its relatively younger and poorer citizens with funding benefits for its relatively wealthy and retired elderly ones.
—Renaud Foucart, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elderly
Adjective
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Studios already use it for de-aging effects and digital doubles.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Packed with anti-aging ingredients, actives, and ceramides, they’re built to target issues and deliver serious results.—
Essence,
Essence,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Set in Glasgow, the film follows middle-aged comedian and recovering alcoholic Ben and his estranged daughter Lucy, a troubled art student, who is falling into the same patterns of addiction.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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The kids—boys, aged ten and thirteen—requested Shirley Temples.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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People only 21 years or older are allowed to shop at Canna Bloom.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Elderly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elderly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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