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Set during the Great Depression, a Milwaukee detective’s quest to find a Wisconsin cheese heiress lands him in Hungary and on a collision course with history to meet Nazis, spies, and swing musicians in the octogenarian literary giant’s first novel in over a decade.
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Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Fourteen other kids and three octogenarian parishioners were wounded but expected to survive, the chief said.
—Mark Vancleave, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Camper’s Peu Path is flexible and utilitarian, versatile (pair it with a dress, or pair it with poplin pants and a tee), and nearly octogenarian.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 11 Aug. 2025
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Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Fourteen other kids and three octogenarian parishioners were wounded but expected to survive, the chief said.
—Mark Vancleave, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Camper’s Peu Path is flexible and utilitarian, versatile (pair it with a dress, or pair it with poplin pants and a tee), and nearly octogenarian.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for octogenarian
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When Angels manager Ron Washington took medical leave in June for the remainder of the 2025 season, Bochy became the oldest skipper, and only septuagenarian, in MLB.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The actress revels in every episode as a septuagenarian lawyer returning to the workforce at a high-profile New York firm with a Southern accent and a baby boomer sensibility.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Born in 1934, the nonagenarian Kurt Klaus is one of the most important watchmakers from the golden age of 20th-century mechanical horology.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
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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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The rest of the world should learn from Europe’s failures, and not burden its relatively younger and poorer citizens with funding benefits for its relatively wealthy and retired elderly ones.—
Renaud Foucart,
Time,
28 Sep. 2025
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Noguera was assigned to assist elderly prisoners as part of a prison program for inmates with disabilities.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Yet that same 30-year period saw a flurry of research and activity to try to reduce geriatric falls and their potentially devastating consequences, from hip fractures and brain bleeds to restricted mobility, persistent pain, and institutionalization.—
Paula Span,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Even before she was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Alexander Payne’s Nebraska (2002), the 95-year-old actor had been a go-to Everygrandma, doling out enough geriatric sass to make the Golden Girls bow down yet doing so in the most polite, Midwestern way imaginable.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Lee Myers is a senior crime reporter who covers executions for USA TODAY.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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As part of the agreement, Amazon and two of its executives, Prime boss Jamil Ghani and Neil Lindsay, a senior vice president in the company's health division who previously held a role in the Prime business, will be prohibited from unlawful conduct.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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History is everywhere, from its frescoed ceilings and antique furniture to the centenarian trees outside, meticulously catalogued and protected by the city of Florence.—
Livia Hengel,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Observers watched in amazement as the aircraft performed a roll, with the centenarian veteran and his pilot briefly flying upside down, waving from high in the sky.—
Eric Noll,
ABC News,
12 Aug. 2025
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There’s that anti-aging guy, Bryan Johnson, whom Chris Smith also made a film about.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
25 Sep. 2025
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The boy’s death put a spotlight on the largely unregulated use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the wellness industry, which has promoted the use of the chambers for anti-aging, mental health and other benefits.—
Elizabeth Chuck,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Octogenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/octogenarian. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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