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
Senior exercise programs held in the civic center were relocated to the senior citizens center.
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Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Yet those tax cuts, as well as other tax breaks and incentives for senior citizens and tip workers, are expensive proposals, cutting into federal revenues.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
Edwards said the trust has expanded its public outreach efforts, including having school field trips and working with senior citizens at Carrie Meek/Charles Hadley Senior Center to collect their oral stories related to the park.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
The Social Service League of La Jolla, incorporated as a nonprofit in 1947, directs all fundraising proceeds toward its mission to help provide affordable housing for low-income senior citizens living at the League House on Olivetas Avenue.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
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Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Yet those tax cuts, as well as other tax breaks and incentives for senior citizens and tip workers, are expensive proposals, cutting into federal revenues.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
Edwards said the trust has expanded its public outreach efforts, including having school field trips and working with senior citizens at Carrie Meek/Charles Hadley Senior Center to collect their oral stories related to the park.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
The Social Service League of La Jolla, incorporated as a nonprofit in 1947, directs all fundraising proceeds toward its mission to help provide affordable housing for low-income senior citizens living at the League House on Olivetas Avenue.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior citizen
Noun
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Since her freshman year, Elizabeth has been visiting a local hospice—playing piano for elders, going on walks with them, and learning about their lives.—
Joshua Bennett,
The Atlantic,
15 Aug. 2025
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These companies have even been caught intentionally selling scammers data belonging to elders (who, unsurprisingly, later fell victim to elder fraud).—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Just before the report of the sick sawfish, Wiley’s team tagged and released a healthy adult offshore of Tampa Bay, concluding a five-year mission to catch the first-ever adult in local waters.—
Jack Prator,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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And among older adults, the need is especially growing.—
Felice J. Freyer,
NPR,
16 Aug. 2025
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Sitting alone among these ancients can be a profound experience.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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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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“Senior citizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20citizen. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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