as in elder
a person of advanced years
a family film that will appeal to youngsters and oldsters alike
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Recent Examples of oldster
But Italian brainrot’s invisible massiveness, totally foreign to oldsters but beloved by children across continents and languages, is a compelling and chilling showcase of our frazzled internet culture landscape.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
Who among us oldsters doesn’t enjoy a good VFX-costume parlay?
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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.
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Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 May 2023
The Duke is the true tale of an eccentric oldster who, in 1961, stole a Francisco Goya painting of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
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Dallas News,
28 Apr. 2022
See All Example Sentences for oldster
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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
The Duke is the true tale of an eccentric oldster who, in 1961, stole a Francisco Goya painting of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
—
Dallas News,
28 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oldster
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Morris, his wife, Debbie, the church, along with a group of current and former church elders and a former employee, still face a $1 million defamation suit filed by Cindy Clemishire and her father.
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Meanwhile, the Gen Zers now aging into homebuying represent a smaller cohort than their elders.
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Tickets start at $45, and kids 15 and under get in free with an adult.
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Law enforcement also linked Sanchez-Munoz to a June 11 shooting in which a vehicle occupied by an adult and a child was hit by gunfire in the area of Seventh Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Designed with the needs of senior dogs in mind, this recipe helps keep beloved old-timers going strong.
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The old-timers try to stay in touch.
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Raya Elfadel Kheirbek is a professor of medicine and chief of the division of palliative medicine and geriatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
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What was shocking was that searches for novels about geriatrics period almost exclusively turned up women not very much older.
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“Oldster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oldster. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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