old man

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old man
Noun
  • That misconception was the hardest thing for Jordan’s dad, Austin, to understand.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, his onscreen dad MacLachlan was just as big a fan of the 3x Grammy winner.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Alongside her husband, Masoud Shojaee Founder of Shoma Group and a leading figure in South Florida real estate—Stephanie Shojaee continues to elevate the brand's influence and impact across the region.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • First, many celebrities ditch their first spouse—the home-town husband, the starter wife—and for good measure often go on to ditch the subsequent ones, too.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • At the party, Steven and Taylor almost kiss, but her boyfriend shows up and tries to fight Steven.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 20 May 2025
  • Karen Read’s second murder trial entered its fifth week of witness testimony as prosecutors continue to build their case against the Massachusetts woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • The suspect’s father told us his son had a childhood obsession with pyrotechnics In an interview with my colleague Jenny Jarvie, the suspect’s estranged father, Richard Bartkus, said the boy, then 9, set his family’s Yucca Valley home on fire.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
  • In the early 1980s, before Will Harlan was born, his father, H. William (Bill) Harlan, was hiking in the mountains above Napa Valley and stumbled upon a hidden valley.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • For months now, Taylor Swift fans have been playing their own version of where’s Waldo, waiting (sometimes impatiently) for the superstar to appear in public with her beau, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
  • Ciara is there with her beau, Russell Wilson, as Future walks the carpet not far behind them.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Now, he’s evolved into full-time daddy mode, setting off into a quixotic journey to the club in the big city.
    Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
  • This was a daddy/daughter moment not her and the president.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 10 May 2025
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“Old man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20man. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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