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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Barber had been serving a four-year sentence for robbery, theft/embezzlement from an elder or dependent adult and grand theft at a county reentry program facility.—
Rachel Uranga,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Aimee had three ministerial assistants and a board of seven elders, along with 21 deacons — 14 of them women.—
Claire Hoffman,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2025
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About 42% of adult respondents approved of Trump's job as president in the survey, which was conducted from April 21 through April 23.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Discuss your legacy goals Another factor could be your legacy goals — including whether heirs, such as adult children, could inherit part of your pre-tax retirement balance, experts say.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
30 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 4 May. 2025.
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