as in elderly
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
bought special food intended for senior dogs
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as in ancestor
one who is older than another
since the man next door is my senior by a number of years, I always address him as "Mr. Barton"
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as in superior
one who is above another in rank, station, or office
the young attorney benefited from the mentorship of one of his seniors at the firm
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as in dean
the senior member of a group
when he retires, she will be the senior on the faculty
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as in elder
a person of advanced years
weekday movie matinees are often popular with seniors
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Recent Examples of senior
Manny Navarro, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Axios reported on Sunday that two senior White House officials acknowledged the administration was aware of and ignored the court order, with one suggesting the legal clash will end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
Military veterans and seniors afraid for cuts to benefits, Social Security and services.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Bain, Louisiana Tech transfer David Blay, sixth-year senior Akheem Mesidor and linebackers Wesley Bissainthe (26 career starts) and Jaylin Alderman (20 career starts) will provide plenty of veteran leadership in the front seven.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Axios reported on Sunday that two senior White House officials acknowledged the administration was aware of and ignored the court order, with one suggesting the legal clash will end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
Around 42 percent of current high school seniors completed the applications through March 21, significantly better than last year but behind the class of 2023 at this point.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
Military veterans and seniors afraid for cuts to benefits, Social Security and services.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of the songs, Urata traveled throughout Hawaii’s islands recording elderly singers who had toiled on sugar plantations.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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Charges have been filed against an Oklahoma woman who is being accused of laundering nearly $1.5 million in funds obtained through online romance scams, targeting elderly women.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Until recently, the ancestors of insects were thought to be more millipede-like and evolved once invertebrates began to live on land.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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During the Pleistocene, our ancestors lived through several different ice ages.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2025
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The contract also maintains its unusual provision allowing Sanders to disclose any athletically related outside income to his superiors verbally, thus enabling him to follow NCAA bylaws while ensuring that no public paper trail is created for these earnings.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Your career trajectory could change after seeking advice from one of your superiors.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But it was trashed by H. L. Mencken, editor of the Baltimore Sun and dean of America‘s literary critics.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Besides reuniting with them, Wilmore, a church elder, is looking forward to getting back to face-to-face ministering and Williams can't wait to walk her two Labrador retrievers.—
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15 Mar. 2025
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Besides reuniting with them, Wilmore, a church elder, is looking forward to getting back to face-to-face ministering, and Williams can’t wait to walk her two Labrador retrievers.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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Smith, though, applies the moniker more readily to his predecessors who ventured heroically into the relative unknown.—
Julia Boatman,
Robb Report,
12 Apr. 2025
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Scattered but often intriguing, Season 6 marked both an improvement on its predecessor and a departure from the series’ typically grim, ironic, dystopian science fiction.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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There is no doubt that Müller gave everything, but in retrospect, the Bayern boss will have to answer the uncomfortable question of whether starting the 2014 World Cup winner was the right choice in the first place.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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For some reason, my boss has never questioned me or been suspicious of anything.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Before the game, Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller said veteran pitcher Yu Darvish was progressing in playing catch, but there was no specific timetable for his return from elbow inflammation.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Air Force veteran Mark Mendon of Blue Springs, Missouri, showed up to lend his support to the Satanic Grotto’s cause.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Senior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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