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Recent Examples of old-timer Sosa hugged the old-timers on stage and the current players seemed thrilled to meet him. Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025 Audrey sees anybody new in the silo — plus some old-timers like Eater — as a drain on the dwindling food supplies. Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025 It’s also sparked tension between old-timers clinging to their neighborhood’s middle-class roots and other city residents who embrace the coast as an urban oasis. Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024 Its inhabitants count among some of the last old-timers on the block in the center of the capital’s tourist district. Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for old-timer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old-timer
Noun
  • Columnist Steve Lopez asks: If people taking care of our elders get deported, will anyone take their place?
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
  • Every day of inaction is an act of aggression against the system that protects our elders from poverty and indignity.
    Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Those two are the veterans in a room that’s filled with unproven talents such as Cam Smith, Storm Duck, Ethan Bonner, Isaiah Johnson and rookies Jason Marshall Jr and BJ Adams.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
  • With Jarrett and the rookie Turner entering the rotation with Dexter and returning veteran tackles Chris Williams, Zacch Pickens and Jonathan Ford, the Bears have created some healthy competition at defensive tackle.
    Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Who among us oldsters doesn’t enjoy a good VFX-costume parlay?
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
Noun
  • This shift marks a generational change in how adult content is consumed.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 5 June 2025
  • The study, detailed this week in the journal Scientific Reports, found that a slight majority (57.1 percent) of adult chimpanzees observed would yawn in response to seeing the android head yawn.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • The conclusions and recommendations: · Make basic geriatrics training and methods standard for physicians, nurses, and other health care providers.
    Sara Zeff Geber, PhD, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Related Articles From 1980 to 1999, Dr. Taler led the geriatrics care and house call medicine team at the University of Maryland Medical Center and served on the Maryland Medical School faculty.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Whereas modern extermination tends to involve poisons or traps that a professional later clears, ancients had to take on pests one by one.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Read More: These 5 Ancient Civilizations Treasured Their Pets Coping with Critters The discovery of archeological remains has helped scientists better understand how ancients coped with bothersome critters.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Old-timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old-timer. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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