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Recent Examples of nonagenarian
That summer saw the Rio Olympics and a particularly spectacular Trooping the Colour as the nation gathered to toast to Her Majesty's nonagenarian milestone.
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026
The most important person in this book is Chang's nonagenarian mother, to whom the book is dedicated and whom Chang has been unable to visit in China since 2018.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
In some ways, the Beckmen was a full-circle moment for the nonagenarian, a return to his roots as a designer who could find in the mundane an element of the extraordinary.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2025
After reading about the nonagenarian’s record-breaking races, Simone Porcelli, an Italian professor of human physiology at the University of Pavia (located almost 19 miles south of Milan), contacted Mazzenga to be part of a study called the TRAJECTORAGE Project.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026
The most important person in this book is Chang's nonagenarian mother, to whom the book is dedicated and whom Chang has been unable to visit in China since 2018.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
In some ways, the Beckmen was a full-circle moment for the nonagenarian, a return to his roots as a designer who could find in the mundane an element of the extraordinary.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2025
After reading about the nonagenarian’s record-breaking races, Simone Porcelli, an Italian professor of human physiology at the University of Pavia (located almost 19 miles south of Milan), contacted Mazzenga to be part of a study called the TRAJECTORAGE Project.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonagenarian
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Stewart is one of several octogenarian (or near) rockers who continue to perform publicly, a list that includes James Taylor, Paul McCartney (who was here at the Fonda back in the spring), Cher and Kenny Loggins to name a few.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
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But a new book by former first lady Jill Biden suggests that these reassuring portraits of an octogenarian president with enviable stamina were embellished.—
Kaylah Jackson,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
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Shudder’s French septuagenarian spy pic Reflection in a Dead Diamond then took home the Gotham for Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast or Streaming.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
1 June 2026
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Bookended by voiceover narration drawn straight from Ernaux’s novel, delivered by a septuagenarian version of the writer performed by Valérie Dréville, the film primarily tells the story of Annie at 17 (Barthélemy) in the summer of 1958.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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Severe weather caused the death of an elderly man when a tree fell on him Saturday night in a New York City park.—
Noelle Lilley,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Picard approached an elderly couple who rented the place as an escape from the summer heat of the French capital and asked if the 552nd could use the land.—
Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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As with the child, so with the geriatric adult.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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Wars are mostly fought by young people, but today, and increasingly, geriatric machines participate in the wild blue yonder.—
George F. Will,
Washington Post,
20 May 2026
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Healthy habits, like those in the centenarian survey, can bolster longevity by reducing the forces that age us, such as chronic inflammation, blood vessel damage, mitochondrial decline, muscle loss, and stress, Weiss said.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
11 May 2026
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Italy consistently ranks among the countries with the highest life expectancy, and Sardinia is recognized as a Blue Zone region — one of a handful of places in the world with notable centenarian populations.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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Walpole senior Ava MacLean did exactly that.—
Matt Goisman,
Boston Herald,
11 June 2026
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Amanda Lee Myers is a senior crime reporter who covers the death penalty, cold cases and breaking news for USA TODAY.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Its contents range from 19th-century anti-aging pills, to biologist Charles Darwin’s walking stick, to striking nude self-portraits by then-sexagenarian British photographer John Coplans.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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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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“Nonagenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonagenarian. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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