as in elder
a person of advanced years
more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives
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Recent Examples of senior citizen
This time around, agencies that oversee youth development programs, job training and services for senior citizens among the most vulnerable.
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David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Later still, the senior citizen scientist Klinglehoff (Garland Thompson Jr.) has his own eyes on the room that’s now shared by Versati and Cohen, a space that may be opening up soon.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Southington has bus service for senior citizens thru the Calendar House, Senior Transportation Services and RSVP, but those services are limited to senior citizens and the disabled and are limited in hours and days of operation.
—George Pohorilak, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
The women, all senior citizens by now, are skeptical at first.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025
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David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Later still, the senior citizen scientist Klinglehoff (Garland Thompson Jr.) has his own eyes on the room that’s now shared by Versati and Cohen, a space that may be opening up soon.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Southington has bus service for senior citizens thru the Calendar House, Senior Transportation Services and RSVP, but those services are limited to senior citizens and the disabled and are limited in hours and days of operation.
—George Pohorilak, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
The women, all senior citizens by now, are skeptical at first.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior citizen
Noun
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As in the real world, the kids handle some of their business better than their elders, and sometimes the elders prove wiser than the kids.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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The younger generation, as my own parents and grandparents soon learned, can be a lot less patient with the problems their elders tolerate.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Teenagers between 15 and 17 can be booked no more than three staterooms away from those adults.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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Each box weighed close to 30 pounds—cumbersome, though not unmanageable for a moderately-strong adult.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
12 May 2025
Noun
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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
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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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“Senior citizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20citizen. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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