as in elder
a person of advanced years
more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives
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Recent Examples of senior citizen
The women, all senior citizens by now, are skeptical at first.
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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025
Some senior citizens qualify for rental assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
—Michael Cuglietta, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for senior citizens and military members, $15 students and free for children younger than 12 and are available at sdmasterchorale.org/brahms-requiem.
—Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Once known as a game for senior citizens, pickleball’s biggest area of growth are players between the ages of 25 and 39.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025
Some senior citizens qualify for rental assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
—Michael Cuglietta, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for senior citizens and military members, $15 students and free for children younger than 12 and are available at sdmasterchorale.org/brahms-requiem.
—Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Once known as a game for senior citizens, pickleball’s biggest area of growth are players between the ages of 25 and 39.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior citizen
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This diminishing of the sandwich generation’s own financial security could have very far reaching effects, not only for their own retirement plans down the road but for their own children as well, the legacy of the family elders who need long term care.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The survey revealed Gen Z plans to embrace a more traditional mindset than their millennial elders in many ways.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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By and large, adults should always start by educating themselves before consuming any form of marijuana or hemp product and purchase products from licensed and/or regulated facilities.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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About 31% of the cases involve children under 5 years, 38% involve children and teens between 5 and 19, and 29% involve adults.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
19 Apr. 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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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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“Senior citizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20citizen. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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