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as in elder
a person of advanced years
a group of old-timers playing shuffleboard
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as in veteran
a person with long experience in a specified area
old-timers in the fishing industry couldn't remember a time when catches were so low
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Recent Examples of old-timer
It’s also sparked tension between old-timers clinging to their neighborhood’s middle-class roots and other city residents who embrace the coast as an urban oasis.
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Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Its inhabitants count among some of the last old-timers on the block in the center of the capital’s tourist district.
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Other old-timers and close friends stopped by to lend a hand.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Which is maybe closer to what some of the neighborhood’s old-timers loved about it to begin with.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Dec. 2024
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Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Its inhabitants count among some of the last old-timers on the block in the center of the capital’s tourist district.
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Other old-timers and close friends stopped by to lend a hand.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Which is maybe closer to what some of the neighborhood’s old-timers loved about it to begin with.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old-timer
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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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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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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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The union represents nurses caring for patients' physical and mental health at veterans facilities around the country.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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Who among us oldsters doesn’t enjoy a good VFX-costume parlay?—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 May 2023
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That's when the two adult dogs and two puppies cornered Avery, barking and growling at her.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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Previously, a child in Texas died in February, and an adult in New Mexico died in March.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 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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Read More: These 5 Ancient Civilizations Treasured Their Pets Coping with Critters The discovery of archeological remains has helped scientists better understand how ancients coped with bothersome critters.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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No full moons, no silver bullets, no ancients curses and the like, just a title card at the beginning of the film stating that wolf man sightings have been a phenomenon since indigenious peoples ruled the Americas.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Old-timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old-timer. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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