Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitebeard
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Luke Bracey will play the Ingalls family patriarch, Charles Ingalls, while Crosby Fitzgerald is set to play the family’s matriarch, Caroline Ingalls.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026 -
Filial duty yanked him right back to Passyunk Avenue, flipping Australian rib-eye alongside a patriarch who rested only on Sunday afternoons.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2026
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Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.—
Matt Pearce,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Oct. 2022
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Joe Thornton, the Bruins' No. 1 draft pick in 1997, is now an NHL graybeard.—
Dan Shaughnessy,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
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Part of that was due to California’s growing senior citizen population — older adults are more likely to live alone or with just one other person.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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In addition to the fundraiser, the boys lacrosse team volunteered at the San Diego Food Bank warehouse on March 26, packing 660 boxes of food for senior citizens, totaling 23,000 pounds.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Most oldsters like myself still will probably find revisiting the piece enjoyable.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Those devoted to the Charli cause will no doubt get more out of the film than an out-of-touch oldster like myself ever could.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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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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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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The housing tide is shifting, and for now, the edge has gone to the stodgy old-timers.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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In the last few months, six people have moved into the town, most of them relatives of the old-timers.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Whitebeard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitebeard. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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