as in elderly
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
bought special food intended for senior dogs
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as in ancestor
one who is older than another
since the man next door is my senior by a number of years, I always address him as "Mr. Barton"
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as in superior
one who is above another in rank, station, or office
the young attorney benefited from the mentorship of one of his seniors at the firm
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as in dean
the senior member of a group
when he retires, she will be the senior on the faculty
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as in elder
a person of advanced years
weekday movie matinees are often popular with seniors
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Recent Examples of senior
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause.
—Joanna Ossinger,laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
There are multiple insurance types that seniors should now be considering in today's economic climate.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Adjective
In a statement issued on Sunday, the South African Football Association confirmed that the senior men’s national team’s visa challenges had delayed the group’s travel to North America as originally planned.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause.
—Joanna Ossinger,laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Noun
The Better Approaches to Lifestyle and Nutrition for Comprehensive hEalth model is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initiative to increase access for seniors and certain disabled persons to glucagon‐like peptide‐1 medications.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
There are multiple insurance types that seniors should now be considering in today's economic climate.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior
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Outside the trendy thrift shops and cafes, elderly women in headscarves sweep sidewalks with rustic brooms while teens whiz by on electric scooters.—
Lori Rackl,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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The suspect accused of killing three elderly men in Hawaii has been charged with murder, along with almost a dozen criminal offenses, authorities announced on Sunday.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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Our ancestors—the hard-working, long-suffering peasant women who told these stories to each other and passed them down the generations through the oral tradition—knew everything there was to know about adversity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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The contest also encouraged students to think of ways to prevent water pollution, and how our ancestors may have loved to save water.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
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Investigations, reviews and outside probes In the midst of the overpayment debate, the unemployment insurance division devolved into a series of investigations, reviews of those investigations and spiraling distrust between staff and superiors, labor department documents obtained by The Post show.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Where Krick is busy grandstanding, the darling of his men and superiors, the ever unpopular Stagg urges caution.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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As many others have noted, including Fortune contributor Bhaskar Chakravorti, dean of global business at the Tufts Fletcher School, this is now structurally unwinding, rather than slowly eroding.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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The interim position will go to Katheleen Guzman, former dean of the University of Oklahoma law school.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
29 May 2026
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Both Stahl and Whitaker are journalism elders.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 June 2026
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Indigenous Australians use the titles uncle and aunt as marks of respect for community elders.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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The alternative asset manager said that Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III exceeded its $10 billion target, with the fund raising more than double the amount of its predecessor vehicle.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Lula, on track for reelection in October polls, vowed to stem deforestation after logging soared under his rightist predecessor, who sought to curry favor with Brazil’s powerful farming firms.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
1 June 2026
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Assuming, of course, those staffers don’t emulate Pelley and strongly and sharply disagree or challenge their boss in an internal staff meeting.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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The space includes table football, board and video games, and staff can arrange certain special activities of which the parents of the youngsters involved might be more than a little jealous, among them sushi masterclasses with Mitsuru Tsukada, the boss of Izumi.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Voters in the June 16 Democratic runoff for insurance commissioner will choose between an Atlanta politician with a long record of public service but who is also in the midst of a significant campaign ethics probe or an industry veteran with two decades of experience but no time in office.—
Riley Bunch,
AJC.com,
4 June 2026
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Spencer, an Army veteran with no law enforcement experience, defeated Staley, a Republican who’d been in office for over 13 years.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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“Senior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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