octogenarian

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for octogenarian
Adjective
  • John also told us his elderly neighbors were without service.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The program has since grown to include nearly 3,000 elderly listeners attending to more than 200,000 people all over Zimbabwe, and is now expanding to vulnerable communities in nine countries, including the United States.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • At the same time, southern states and regions in an advanced demographic transition must prepare for an aging population by strengthening geriatric care and Social Security.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
  • His mother, meanwhile, is a geriatric wreck who needs around-the-clock attention.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
  • As depicted in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, José, attending Southern Illinois University on a swimming scholarship, met blond beauty queen Mary Louise Andersen, a lively communications major two years his senior who everyone called Kitty.
    Roy Trakin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Most recently, he executive produced and stars in an untitled series for Apple that centers on his Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill ex-pro golfer who hedges his bets on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom played by Peter Dager.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Greer will play Amber-Linn, the ex-wife of Wilson’s over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer, Pryce Cahill.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
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