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Recent Examples of nonagenarian
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.
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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
That November 2013 visit led to a weeklong FBI seizure in April 2014 that captured worldwide attention as people questioned how and why a nonagenarian Hoosier, considered a pillar of his community, hoarded cultural treasures for so long while evading the law.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
To do so is to put yourself in Hicks’s shoes in the 1950s, when the now-nonagenarian was exploring the textile traditions of the Andes for her undergraduate thesis at Yale.
—Catherine Hong, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2025
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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
That November 2013 visit led to a weeklong FBI seizure in April 2014 that captured worldwide attention as people questioned how and why a nonagenarian Hoosier, considered a pillar of his community, hoarded cultural treasures for so long while evading the law.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
To do so is to put yourself in Hicks’s shoes in the 1950s, when the now-nonagenarian was exploring the textile traditions of the Andes for her undergraduate thesis at Yale.
—Catherine Hong, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonagenarian
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Now, however, the octogenarian screenwriter is back in the news.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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The election is the latest in a trend of octogenarian African leaders clinging to power.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors said Ebert and the elder Yates exchanged words after the suspect blew his horn and shouted obscenities at the septuagenarian victim’s daughter and son-in-law while in the driveway of a residential property.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Incidentally, Penn was up against four formidable fellow actors, including two septuagenarian first-time nominees, Sentimental Value’s Stellan Skarsgard and Sinners’ Lindo.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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Gábor Polyák, a professor of media law at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, said many in the capital were hearing stories of elderly people in small villages who, since Magyar’s victory, were living in fear.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
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About 30 million elderly filers claimed the enhanced deduction on Social Security benefits worth an average $7,500, Bessent said.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
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Advances in veterinary geriatric care, evolving approaches to animal welfare in captivity and growing public interest in longevity science across species are all part of the picture.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2026
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South Shore Hospital has a long history in Miami Beach as a geriatric facility.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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Just because their deaths make for good local news fodder doesn’t mean that most of us have a special fascination with these centenarian record-holders.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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The centenarian company, renowned for exporting American storytelling, has transformed into a media and experiential giant, capturing and reflecting the country’s traditions and ideals of optimism, ambition, and invention across the eras, and influencing popular culture globally.—
Charlotte Hu,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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Clayton Seigle, a senior fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told ABC News that spoofing or manipulating the tracking system can obscure a vessel's origins, destination and cargo.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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On this day, volunteers drove flowers to a senior living center, where the act of kindness overwhelmed resident Carmela Kemper.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 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 22 Apr. 2026.
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