as in elder
a person of advanced years
a family film that will appeal to youngsters and oldsters alike
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Recent Examples of oldster
While Rivers was plotting and plodding his way to victory Sunday, another oldster threw five touchdown passes with his new team.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
The radical difference between the median and the mean means that there are some very, very rich oldsters out there, but Bill Gates and Bruce Springsteen are eligible for Social Security and Medicare simply by virtue of their age.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020
Hipsters in groups, oldsters in couples, crowds of post-church patrons on Sundays and, almost always, families with very cheerful children.
—Beth Segal, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2020
The old folks had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz.
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—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2019
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
The radical difference between the median and the mean means that there are some very, very rich oldsters out there, but Bill Gates and Bruce Springsteen are eligible for Social Security and Medicare simply by virtue of their age.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020
Hipsters in groups, oldsters in couples, crowds of post-church patrons on Sundays and, almost always, families with very cheerful children.
—Beth Segal, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2020
The old folks had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz.
28.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oldster
Noun
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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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arkansasonline.com,
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
Noun
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A week later, an unvaccinated adult in New Mexico died with measles, the New Mexico Department of Health reported.—
Youri Benadjaoud,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2025
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In 2019, Haymarket proposed a 240-bed substance-use disorder and behavioral health treatment center for adults at the site of a former Holiday Inn hotel in Itasca, a DuPage County suburb of roughly 9,000 residents.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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For decades, old-timers like me figured there was just no way anyone could get to 894.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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From Matt Damon’s anxious pickpocket to Carl Reiner’s old-timer master of disguise, each member of the gang is unforgettable in their own way, and the precision with which Soderbergh arranges them during the big heist is hugely satisfying every time.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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Faced with a persistent shortage of geriatricians, elder health care advocates increasingly see the future of geriatrics in more of a research and advisory capacity than in direct clinical care.—
Pamela Paul,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Another reason could be that walking is a reflection of what’s going on in the brain, Joe Verghese, MD, MS, FRCPI, a professor of neurology, medicine and geriatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, told Verywell.—
Alyssa Hui-Anderson,
Verywell Health,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Oldster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oldster. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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