septuagenarian
noun
sep·tu·a·ge·nar·i·an
(ˌ)sep-ˌtü-ə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən 
-ˌtyü-,
-ˌchü-
: a person whose age is in the seventies
septuagenarian
adjective
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The President, Ronald Reagan, was a septuagenarian who made a show of chopping wood and riding horses.
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The 1960s British teen idol Peter Noone is now a septuagenarian.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024
The e-mail came from a Californian septuagenarian named Joel Stratte-McClure.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Bernard shall be rid of his fleas and become a zippy septuagenarian.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The 1960s British teen idol Peter Noone is now a septuagenarian.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024
The e-mail came from a Californian septuagenarian named Joel Stratte-McClure.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Bernard shall be rid of his fleas and become a zippy septuagenarian.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024
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“Septuagenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/septuagenarian. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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septuagenarian
noun
sep·tu·a·ge·nar·i·an
(ˌ)sep-ˌt(y)ü-ə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən
ˌsep-tə-ˌwaj-ə-
: a person who is 70 or more but less than 80 years old
septuagenarian
adjective
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