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as in dads
a male human parent
I'll ask my old man if he's up for a round of golf this weekend
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as in husbands
the male partner in a marriage
my old man and I have been together for 10 years now
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as in boyfriends
a male romantic companion
my old man and I have decided to move in together
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Recent Examples of old men
The way Luke is handling the love triangle with Joy and Gen makes Nathan and Joe look like sage old men.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
30 June 2026
One of the 20-year-old men was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene.
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Darius Johnson,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Twenty-year-old men would be the first age group chosen.
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George Petras,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
Doors are being smashed and old men dragged out of bed.
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Dr. Michael Good,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
According to booking records, the suspects appear to be two 18-year-old men.
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Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2026
It’s based on a 2007 study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings where scientists divided two groups of 50 and 60-year-old men and women into two groups.
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Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
The number of 20-year-old men—the primary age for conscription—has fallen 30 percent since 2019 to about 230,000.
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Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
Two 28-year-old men were struck and injured in the shooting.
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Katherine Weaver,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Aug. 2025
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
30 June 2026
One of the 20-year-old men was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene.
—
Darius Johnson,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Twenty-year-old men would be the first age group chosen.
—
George Petras,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
Doors are being smashed and old men dragged out of bed.
—
Dr. Michael Good,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
According to booking records, the suspects appear to be two 18-year-old men.
—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2026
It’s based on a 2007 study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings where scientists divided two groups of 50 and 60-year-old men and women into two groups.
—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
The number of 20-year-old men—the primary age for conscription—has fallen 30 percent since 2019 to about 230,000.
—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
Two 28-year-old men were struck and injured in the shooting.
—
Katherine Weaver,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old men
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Depressed dads are more prone to expressing aggravation, annoyance or even rage, Daniel Singley, a psychologist who founded a therapy center for men, said to the Times.
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The Chicago Cubs have two first-time dads, Dansby Swanson and Javier Assad, who are celebrating Father’s Day on Sunday with a deep appreciation of how fatherhood can affect their lives.
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That would have been unlikely just a few years ago — when laws in this Muslim-majority nation forbade women freedom of travel without permission from husbands or fathers.
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From there, my sister’s friend/my neighbor went out to happy hour with our husbands occasionally.
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By the 1990s, the rule book was hundreds of pages long, with lines as specific as which fork to use at dinner and directives to not speak about boyfriends in front of fans, according to Texas Monthly's podcast America's Girls.
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By the time of Spencer’s conviction, arrests and prosecutions of such cases had nearly doubled and judges would no longer routinely grant bail to husbands or boyfriends who have been arrested.
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While some of the wives wouldn’t bother coming to games every Sunday, Michel said, many of the children saw the Feeney fathers as proper heroes.
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The play, which was a finalist for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, follows three adult children who meet to settle their fathers’ estate, and, in the process, discover secrets about their parents’ lives.
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So are their girlfriends and wives, who support their beaus in stadiums and at home.
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Despite some very not-so-subtle hints from yours truly, my past beaus have never gifted me a handbag on Valentine’s Day, either.
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According to department officials, the complaint alleged that when girls object to sharing spaces with boys, the district puts the burden on the girls to find other facilities.
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Two young Brazilian boys showed their fancy dance moves the sound of a bagpipe played by Scottish Tartan Army fan Mark Love, who was visiting from Edinburgh.
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