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Adjective
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He was charged him with two counts of battery, four counts of criminal mischief and abusing an elderly or disabled adult; Allen lost his left arm after a 1984 car accident.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
22 Apr. 2025 -
That’s what happened after two firefighters died in California in 2020 while searching for an elderly woman in a burning library.—
Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Tilly, at 16, was considered geriatric for her species.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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More seniors means greater demand for specialized services, from geriatric care to chronic disease management.—
Carlo Scissura,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In her senior year, Catina who'd been accepted to the University of the Pacific, wanted to break up with Steve.—
Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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Mulkey benched Reese for a handful of games at the start of her senior year.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2025
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“Nonagenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonagenarian. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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