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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitebeard
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Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight.
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And now, 50 years later, Pai is a father and grandfather, the patriarch of a family with three generations involved in the business and a surfing tribe —19 family members strong — with deep roots in and out of the water in Surf City.
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Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.
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Joe Thornton, the Bruins' No. 1 draft pick in 1997, is now an NHL graybeard.
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Barack Obama had stopped at a senior housing building and was talking and listening to the senior citizens living there.
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The fund supports monthly payments to senior citizens and their dependents, as well as to survivors of deceased workers.
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Enough with the oldsters, what about those kids?
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With each passing day, its oldster cast — including Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, and Geena Davis — is closer to the grave.
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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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Sitting alone among these ancients can be a profound experience.
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Designed with the needs of senior dogs in mind, this recipe helps keep beloved old-timers going strong.
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The old-timers try to stay in touch.
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“Whitebeard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitebeard. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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