as in elderly
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
an older woman was the chief librarian for the town
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Adjective
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French worked with overseas telemarketing call centers to pressure elderly Americans to provide personal information and agree to unnecessary orthotic braces, according to the Justice Department.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026 -
Karelina had traveled to Russia to visit her elderly grandparents, while Kurmasheva returned to support her ailing mother.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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Most of them were spent on the third defensive pairing, and then the 22-year-old was scratched for Tyson Hinds late in the year as Quenneville favored the size of Hinds, who spent most of his season in the American Hockey League.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Now imagine moving millions of items, each of them delicate, unique, priceless and old.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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Lucia Clinic is a celebrity-favorite beauty destination known for injectables, filler, Botox, CoolSculpting and non-invasive anti-aging treatments.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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Peptides are becoming increasingly popular for athletic performance and anti-aging purposes.—
Teresa Maalouf,
Verywell Health,
12 May 2026
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The economists focus on two groups of workers, both aged 20 to 64.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
12 May 2026
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The princess and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, shared the news of the new pregnancy with an Instagram post featuring their sons, August (aged 5), and Ernest (aged 2), holding a sonogram.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 May 2026
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“Older.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/older. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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