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Recent Examples of octogenarian
In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
The beach read queen notches her fifth consecutive GCA win with Great Big Beautiful Life, in which a sunny aspiring writer and a cranky literary icon compete to write the memoir of a shady octogenarian heiress.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Her team of seasoned cake bakers (most are octogenarian women) produce seven-layer cakes (chocolate, lemon, and caramel) from a nondescript storefront in the small town of Andalusia, Alabama.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
With the party looking for generational change, particularly after the concerns about former President Biden’s fitness to serve a second term, the idea of backing another almost octogenarian might not be ideal for some Democrats.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2025
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
The beach read queen notches her fifth consecutive GCA win with Great Big Beautiful Life, in which a sunny aspiring writer and a cranky literary icon compete to write the memoir of a shady octogenarian heiress.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Her team of seasoned cake bakers (most are octogenarian women) produce seven-layer cakes (chocolate, lemon, and caramel) from a nondescript storefront in the small town of Andalusia, Alabama.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
With the party looking for generational change, particularly after the concerns about former President Biden’s fitness to serve a second term, the idea of backing another almost octogenarian might not be ideal for some Democrats.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for octogenarian
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Best supporting actor got a lot more interesting with the nom for Lindo; now Skarsgård is not the category’s only overdue septuagenarian standout from a best picture nominee.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Jan. 2026
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Valizadeh is one of at least four Iranian-Americans currently held in Iran, including 70-year-old Kamran Hekmati and at least one other septuagenarian, a woman, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.—
Camilla Schick,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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This isn’t the first snap of the nonagenarian star with Raisin Bran to surface this week.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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That summer saw the Rio Olympics and a particularly spectacular Trooping the Colour as the nation gathered to toast to Her Majesty's nonagenarian milestone.—
Stephanie Bridger-Linning,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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An elderly woman died when a Russian drone hit a residential building in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.—
SAMYA KULLAB,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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An elderly woman died when a Russian drone hit a residential building in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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The state also boasts the second-best geriatric hospitals in the country, WalletHub says, and has one of the lowest rates of social isolation for seniors.—
Chris Mueller,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
30 Jan. 2026
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Harris reports that only about 39% of available geriatric fellowship positions were filled in 2025.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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From 2014 to this fall, Byrnes was there for all of it as the senior vice president of baseball operations.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
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Who knew if these roles were flukes — one-offs, novelties — or if Jerry Adler would defy the odds stacked up against any actor, much less a sexagenarian new to the game, and continue to find work in his newfound profession.—
Howard Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Just because their deaths make for good local news fodder doesn’t mean that most of us have a special fascination with these centenarian record-holders.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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The centenarian company, renowned for exporting American storytelling, has transformed into a media and experiential giant, capturing and reflecting the country’s traditions and ideals of optimism, ambition, and invention across the eras, and influencing popular culture globally.—
Charlotte Hu,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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The medium-coverage formula doubles as an anti-aging serum thanks to vitamin C that minimizes dark spots.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
11 Feb. 2026
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Scientists believe its anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties may help protect the retina.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Octogenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/octogenarian. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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