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as in elder
a person of advanced years
a group of old-timers playing shuffleboard
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as in veteran
a person with long experience in a specified area
old-timers in the fishing industry couldn't remember a time when catches were so low
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Recent Examples of old-timer
It’s also sparked tension between old-timers clinging to their neighborhood’s middle-class roots and other city residents who embrace the coast as an urban oasis.
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Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Other old-timers and close friends stopped by to lend a hand.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Its inhabitants count among some of the last old-timers on the block in the center of the capital’s tourist district.
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Which is maybe closer to what some of the neighborhood’s old-timers loved about it to begin with.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Dec. 2024
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Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Other old-timers and close friends stopped by to lend a hand.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Its inhabitants count among some of the last old-timers on the block in the center of the capital’s tourist district.
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Which is maybe closer to what some of the neighborhood’s old-timers loved about it to begin with.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old-timer
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But in the seven days depicted here, the students took charge, teaching their elders — and anyone who would listen — not to underestimate them.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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While the study shows that younger generations are not necessarily more progressive on gender identity than their elders, shifting societal attitudes and continued debates may influence these views over time.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Micheál Martin, a veteran Fianna Fáil party politician in Ireland, was confirmed as taoiseach, the Irish title for prime minister, for three years with Fine Gael's Simon Harris -- the outgoing taoiseach -- as his deputy.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Both were veteran criminalists who had assisted local law enforcement agencies processing complex crime scenes and prosecuting major crimes.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 May 2023
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The Duke is the true tale of an eccentric oldster who, in 1961, stole a Francisco Goya painting of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
28 Apr. 2022
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While the adults relax, Blue Jay tentatively flirts with the celebrity guest’s teenage son (Ethan Stoddard).—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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Texas passed a trans youth medical care ban the last time its legislature met in 2023, and Anderson worries that the coming session could bring a sweeping bathroom ban or health care restrictions for trans adults.—
Nico Lang,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2025
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The state has the most health care facilities per capita and ranks in the top five for geriatrics hospitals and nursing homes.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Faced with a persistent shortage of geriatricians, elder health care advocates increasingly see the future of geriatrics in more of a research and advisory capacity than in direct clinical care.—
Pamela Paul,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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No full moons, no silver bullets, no ancients curses and the like, just a title card at the beginning of the film stating that wolf man sightings have been a phenomenon since indigenious peoples ruled the Americas.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Halfway down the Aegean coast, Smyrna, as Asia Minor ancients called it, was where East met West as an economic and cultural synapse at the end of the Silk Road.—
Alex Crevar,
New York Times,
11 July 2024
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“Old-timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old-timer. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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