old ladies

plural of old lady

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Recent Examples of old ladies The kind of person who helps old ladies with their groceries and warns kids about the dangers of drugs. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025 A couple of 70-year-old ladies. Emma John, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old ladies
Noun
  • So why are so many moms leaving their jobs?
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • From her drive as an athlete to her success outside of the game, Morgan continues to find ways to elevate young players, moms, and athletes in ways that allow others to win.
    Jackie Gutierrez, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hilland was working on a dead-end cold case that stretched back to the 70s involving a man, John Smith, whose two wives went mysteriously missing.
    Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Conflict on both sides Men tend to be happy when their wives’ earnings fall in a particular range, according to research.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mothers may encourage their sons; wives and girlfriends may see it as a way to keep the children fed.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Hours before kickoff of the Chiefs-Bears game in Chicago, Hunt posted a video of them participating in the latest TikTok craze where boyfriends chase after their girlfriends in a foot race.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Postpartum depression affects up to 20% of new mothers, yet many women still suffer in silence.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • These days, my two youngest grandchildren have a habit of biting their mothers, and in some instances, other children.
    Miriam Toews September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He has been replaced by Joe Potts who was at Liverpool women for four years.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Armani, who had already introduced unstructured jackets for men and women, was part of the generation of designers who ushered in a less formal fashion era, one that would allow men and women to look refined without looking stuffy.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Girl Scout cookie season remains a powerful way for young girls to build confidence and business skills through hands-on entrepreneurship.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • While Tuesday’s report covers the experiences of more than 350 women who came forward to speak to the investigators, Danish authorities say more than 4,000 women and girls — reportedly half the fertile women in Greenland at the time — received IUDs between the 1960s and mid-1970s.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Old ladies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20ladies. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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