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Adjective
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Hall is said to be playing Poppy, a retired FBI supervisory special agent dragged back into the fray despite having very little patience for bullsh*t.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Roger McGovern, a 60-year-old retired NYPD sergeant, collapsed while shoveling at Our Lady of Victory Church in Floral Park, Long Island on Sunday, according to ABC 7.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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For many readers and critics, the perception was that Mansfield was almost writing children’s fiction, since most of her stories are deceptively easy to read, although her themes are entirely adult in both form and content.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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Justin Vernon’s midwestern charm and pliable falsetto has always endeared him to indie-rock dads raised on Michael McDonald, but starting a family himself between Bon Iver projects turned this year’s Sable, Fable into a deep examination of the fatherly adult contemporary figure in popular music.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Voting viewers saw her as a breath of fresh air, an octogenarian inspiration and even a bridge-builder.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Many wore yellow T-shirts and caps emblazoned with the insignia of the ruling National Resistance Movement — and images of the octogenarian president.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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The New York Times reported in December 2024 that at least one staff member warned against hiring Nguyen, citing his criminal history involving financial exploitation of an elderly couple.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles police are searching for the driver of a black Dodge Durango that fatally struck an elderly woman crossing a street in Pacoima on Friday night and fled the scene.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Best supporting actor got a lot more interesting with the nom for Lindo; now Skarsgård is not the category’s only overdue septuagenarian standout from a best picture nominee.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Jan. 2026
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Valizadeh is one of at least four Iranian-Americans currently held in Iran, including 70-year-old Kamran Hekmati and at least one other septuagenarian, a woman, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.—
Camilla Schick,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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For families While certain areas of Zash feel distinctly grown-up, the citrus groves are hide-and-seek heaven, the pool is open enough to keep one eye on a brood with the other on a glass of Donna Fugata, and a sensible approach to timings makes the restaurant fair game too.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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These aren’t the same black ballet flats that once accompanied school uniforms; today’s Mary Janes are all grown-up.—
Nina Derwin,
Glamour,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Middle-aged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-aged. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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