oldish

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Recent Examples of oldish Most of us travelling correspondents were youngish reporters from oldish outlets, wearing blue button-downs and carrying notebooks in the back pockets of our Bonobos. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025 Almost all were sort of oldish homes; this wasn’t an area with huge three-plus million dollar house. Ali MacGraw, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025 Almost all were sort of oldish homes; this wasn’t an area with huge three-plus million dollar house. Ali MacGraw, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025 There aren’t just new movies and shows, but an array of old (and oldish) classics. Don Steinberg and Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2020 The all-purpose reply is designed to disarm oldish people who dispense condescension dressed up as wisdom. Molly Roberts, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2019 Yet the disharmony of an uncertain transmission, cabin materials that are nice from a distance but not so refined under inspection and advanced safety technology that is effective amid an oldish infotainment system causes a disconnect. Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017 The Upper East Side's legendary JG Melon is oldish (est. Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 16 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oldish
Adjective
  • 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
  • What To Know Between October 2024 and January 2025, at least five elderly victims in Pittsburgh were tricked into handing over large sums of cash.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 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
Adjective
  • The geriatric birds can still see and hear their younger counterparts—the retirement island is cordoned off from the aquarium’s three other islands by a mesh gate in the water.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
  • But the geriatric animals here get an extra dose of TLC.
    Brooke Holder, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Morales' older brother, Ricardo, confirmed his death in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In contrast, older generations started saving much later, with boomers beginning at an average age of 37 and with plans to retire at 72.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • He eventually was released, and claimed the two attended senior prom together.
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Yet, when the team needed a goal, Caruso delivered, mostly to the head of senior teammate Samantha Villaverde off corner kicks and set pieces.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The finale fast forwards to an obscured view of the never-remarried, aged Spencer lying down by his wife's grave.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Here’s what the study teaches us about modern commitment — and the reality of what these vows mean today for middle aged adults.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The dire wolf genome analyzed to determine what those changes were was extracted from two ancient samples—one a 13,000-year-old tooth found in Sheridan Pit, Ohio, the other a 72,000-year-old ear bone unearthed in American Falls, Idaho.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Colossal scientists have created three dire wolf pups by using ancient DNA, cloning and gene-editing technology to alter the genes of a gray wolf, the prehistoric dire wolf’s closest living relative, the company announced Monday.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • More relegating our seniors to the category of weak, stooped and decrepit; people to be laughed at.
    Kelly Papa, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2025
  • But not rocking the boat might mean saddling us with a costly, decrepit, out-of-date payment system for many more years to come.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Oldish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oldish. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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