septuagenarian

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for septuagenarian
Adjective
  • This one puts all its focus on Zimmerman, who slays his performance of geriatric Her.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 26 June 2025
  • The clinic, located at 1673 W. Shoreline Drive, Suite 100, offers adult and geriatric care.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Low Income Energy Assistance Program provides a one-time payment to households with disabled or elderly people to help cover heating costs, according to the NCDHHS website.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The proportion of elderly is too high – accounting for nearly 30% of the entire population, according to the new data – while the proportion of younger adults, of child-bearing and working age, is continually shrinking.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Higher costs Tariffs are disproportionately impacting Black business owners like Blackshear-Calloway and Dosso, said Andre Perry, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
    Arriana McLymore, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • According to Daniel Dale, senior reporter and fact-checker for CNN, all of these claims are false.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In Season 1, Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 23 July 2025
  • Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • QAnon was for senescent boomers; fashwave and Embrace Masculinity clips are millennial-coded.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2025
  • If the cells were truly senescent, then the medications should both reduce the number of senescent cells and reverse many of the structural DNA changes and gene expression disruptions.
    Megan Molteni, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
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“Septuagenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/septuagenarian. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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