as in elder
a person of advanced years
more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives
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Recent Examples of senior citizen
Many were senior citizens and dressed in red, yellow and blue, answering Machado’s call to wear the colors of the Venezuelan flag.
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Regina Garcia Cano and Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Tenaya also offers discounts to AAA members and senior citizens, as well as discounts and free park entry for veterans.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
Yet even with the proliferation of fluoride-containing toothpastes and dental sealants, tooth decay is still the most common chronic disease affecting American children, and the average senior citizen is missing at least 10 permanent teeth.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Among the future residents will be senior citizens to help try out ideas to make their lives better.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Regina Garcia Cano and Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Tenaya also offers discounts to AAA members and senior citizens, as well as discounts and free park entry for veterans.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
Yet even with the proliferation of fluoride-containing toothpastes and dental sealants, tooth decay is still the most common chronic disease affecting American children, and the average senior citizen is missing at least 10 permanent teeth.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Among the future residents will be senior citizens to help try out ideas to make their lives better.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior citizen
Noun
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Therefore the products offered to their parents’ generation is not suitable for this generation of elders.—
Sara Zeff Geber, PhD,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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On New Year's Eve, families often join together for dinner as people offer sacrifices to ancestors and pay respect to their elders.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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There will even be some fun cocktails on offer for adults like the Year of The Snake margarita, which can be found at Lucky 8 Lantern.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Jan. 2025
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This new definition, published January 14 in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, could shift the paradigm of clinical care for the 890 million adults worldwide who are currently considered to have obesity.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Halfway down the Aegean coast, Smyrna, as Asia Minor ancients called it, was where East met West as an economic and cultural synapse at the end of the Silk Road.—
Alex Crevar,
New York Times,
11 July 2024
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Yet not only is there no Vena amoris (as it was dubbed), but there’s also little evidence to support the idea of ancients routinely wearing engagement rings.—
Katy Kelleher,
refinery29.com,
2 May 2023
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“Senior citizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20citizen. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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