as in older
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
elderly people who stay active are usually the healthiest and the happiest
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Offer to babysit for a neighbor or visit someone elderly down the street.
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 3 Mar. 2025
The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where Sing J. Lee won Best Director for his East- the story of an elderly Vietnamese immigrant taxi driver taken hostage (based on a true story).
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
The scheme mostly targeted elderly people, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California said in a statement.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Authorities in Arkansas continue to search for a missing elderly woman who has not been seen since the beginning of February.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 3 Mar. 2025
The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where Sing J. Lee won Best Director for his East- the story of an elderly Vietnamese immigrant taxi driver taken hostage (based on a true story).
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
The scheme mostly targeted elderly people, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California said in a statement.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Authorities in Arkansas continue to search for a missing elderly woman who has not been seen since the beginning of February.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Elderly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elderly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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