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Recent Examples of septuagenarian
The actress revels in every episode as a septuagenarian lawyer returning to the workforce at a high-profile New York firm with a Southern accent and a baby boomer sensibility.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The film is an adaptation of a Daniel Pinkwater novel and tells the story of a septuagenarian whose best friend is a 70-year-old chicken.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
What about a septuagenarian — and former James Bond — like Pierce Brosnan?
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Kathy Bates stars as a septuagenarian lawyer, and even in its first episode, the series turned the premise on its head, meaning viewers didn’t really know what to expect.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The film is an adaptation of a Daniel Pinkwater novel and tells the story of a septuagenarian whose best friend is a 70-year-old chicken.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
What about a septuagenarian — and former James Bond — like Pierce Brosnan?
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Kathy Bates stars as a septuagenarian lawyer, and even in its first episode, the series turned the premise on its head, meaning viewers didn’t really know what to expect.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for septuagenarian
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Set during the Great Depression, a Milwaukee detective’s quest to find a Wisconsin cheese heiress lands him in Hungary and on a collision course with history to meet Nazis, spies, and swing musicians in the octogenarian literary giant’s first novel in over a decade.—
Tomi Obaro,
Vulture,
9 Sep. 2025
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Fourteen other kids and three octogenarian parishioners were wounded but expected to survive, the chief said.—
MARK VANCLEAVE,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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Born in 1934, the nonagenarian Kurt Klaus is one of the most important watchmakers from the golden age of 20th-century mechanical horology.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
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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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Hazelip had been asked to open a geriatric clinic in Abilene, Texas, 60 miles from her home in Eastland, and proposed staying at Hazelip’s house two nights a week in exchange for dinner.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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Third, the letter writer and her family might want to consider engaging a geriatric care manager who could help them to identify supplementary services and connections in the local community that could go at least some way to alleviating her isolation.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Gunmen with the Viv Ansanm gang coalition, who have been fighting for control of Arcahaïe, reportedly stormed the village and opened fire on the population, killing women, children and elderly.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Authorities later confirmed that Zinn was an elderly local political agitator, not the suspect, according to the New York Post.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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However, senior research strategist Michael Brown of foreign currency brokerage Pepperstone sketched out his theory after Miran’s weird triple mandate comment roiled bond trading desks across the globe.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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The dot plot visually represents where the Fed’s most senior policymakers think the federal funds rate is headed.—
Paul Weinstein Jr,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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History is everywhere, from its frescoed ceilings and antique furniture to the centenarian trees outside, meticulously catalogued and protected by the city of Florence.—
Livia Hengel,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Observers watched in amazement as the aircraft performed a roll, with the centenarian veteran and his pilot briefly flying upside down, waving from high in the sky.—
Eric Noll,
ABC News,
12 Aug. 2025
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These ingredients have been used since the 1980s, and emerging evidence continues to tout them as some of the best ingredients for anti-aging.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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However, choosing the right one that’ll give the best results can get overwhelming with so many great anti-aging options on the market.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Septuagenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/septuagenarian. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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