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Some companies, like Microsoft, have looked to revive retired nuclear power plants, though most are pursuing new advanced nuclear energy through small modular reactors.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025 -
John Sonday for years served as president but now serves as the board chairman and is a semi-retired consultant for the company.—
Kelly Puente,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Melon Patch also incorporates puppets to bring in a non-adult character who relates to kids.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
23 Sep. 2025
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Polar Bear Encounters Before and After Regulations On Ocean Explorer, guests are quietly watching a sub-adult female from the two outer decks on the bow of the ship, which the captain is keeping 500 meters away from the bear.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Most of us travelling correspondents were youngish reporters from oldish outlets, wearing blue button-downs and carrying notebooks in the back pockets of our Bonobos.—
Andrew Marantz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Almost all were sort of oldish homes; this wasn’t an area with huge three-plus million dollar house.—
Ali MacGraw,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Jan. 2025
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With the party looking for generational change, particularly after the concerns about former President Biden’s fitness to serve a second term, the idea of backing another almost octogenarian might not be ideal for some Democrats.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
14 Oct. 2025
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Fatih Akin directs, from an autobiographical screenplay by octogenarian filmmaker Hark Bohm.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Fixing something old — a battered toy, a superannuated radio, a rickety house — is an act of love and a gesture of faith.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
26 Sep. 2024
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Who knew if these roles were flukes — one-offs, novelties — or if Jerry Adler would defy the odds stacked up against any actor, much less a sexagenarian new to the game, and continue to find work in his newfound profession.—
Howard Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Hollywood legend Cary Grant goes full-on slapstick as a man who discovers his sweet elderly aunts are actually serial killers.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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This proposes altering the state constitution to increase the property tax exemption for homesteads owned by elderly or disabled individuals from $10,000 to $60,000 of the market value.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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But Olympia isn't as accomplished a liar as her septuagenarian associate.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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The congressman, who survived a childhood bout with polio, has not faced rumors or critical stories about his age the way that some other septuagenarian lawmakers have.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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