as in elders
a person of advanced years
more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives
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Recent Examples of senior citizens
The Abrahamsons are hoping to be among the millions of senior citizens who will become eligible to obtain weight loss drugs through Medicare for the first time in the program’s history.
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Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
That makes senior citizens one of the fastest growing groups using digital devices.
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Jennifer Bisram,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
It was built to protect vulnerable people, such as senior citizens and individuals with low digital competence, from scam calls that cost big bucks and take a psychological toll.
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Lydia T. Blanco,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Karla Radka is the president and CEO of Senior Resource Alliance, the local resource for accessing the many services and programs of the state and federal government, available to senior citizens, their caregivers and family members.
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Karla Radka,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
The Boroughs centered on a group of senior citizens living in a retirement community who discover a supernatural mystery.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 June 2026
Barack Obama had stopped at a senior housing building and was talking and listening to the senior citizens living there.
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Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
The fund supports monthly payments to senior citizens and their dependents, as well as to survivors of deceased workers.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 June 2026
In this case, the area within the geofence line included not just a bank where a robbery took place but also a church and a senior citizens home.
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Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
9 June 2026
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
That makes senior citizens one of the fastest growing groups using digital devices.
—
Jennifer Bisram,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
It was built to protect vulnerable people, such as senior citizens and individuals with low digital competence, from scam calls that cost big bucks and take a psychological toll.
—
Lydia T. Blanco,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Karla Radka is the president and CEO of Senior Resource Alliance, the local resource for accessing the many services and programs of the state and federal government, available to senior citizens, their caregivers and family members.
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Karla Radka,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
The Boroughs centered on a group of senior citizens living in a retirement community who discover a supernatural mystery.
—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 June 2026
Barack Obama had stopped at a senior housing building and was talking and listening to the senior citizens living there.
—
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
The fund supports monthly payments to senior citizens and their dependents, as well as to survivors of deceased workers.
—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 June 2026
In this case, the area within the geofence line included not just a bank where a robbery took place but also a church and a senior citizens home.
—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior citizens
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While choosing the layout, the tribe hosted listening sessions with community members and elders.
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More important for the purposes of the Social Media Minimum Age’s failure is that Aussie youth undeniably know technology better than do their elders in Parliament.
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Jama chants echoed through the park while children danced alongside adults and passing pedestrians stopped to watch.
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His mission to catch adults who prey on children was launched when a friend in cybersecurity told him about the online danger.
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The exhibit features several dozen dinosaur animatronics that fully loom and roar, and a virtual aquarium stocked with swimming ancients.
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“Senior citizens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20citizens. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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