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
And yet the fans — from teenagers to senior citizens — will flood the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center for them regardless of generation.
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Josh Chesler, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
The event featured a buffet dinner, entertainment and a silent auction to benefit the league’s mission of providing food and housing to senior citizens in need.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Eliminating taxes on workers' overtime pay and tips, as well as giving a bigger deduction to senior citizens, would cost an additional $234 billion over the same period, its analysis finds.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 19 May 2025
Addressing hearing loss in the elderly could help alleviate the growing loneliness epidemic among senior citizens, according to a report from SWNS.
—Reem Amro, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
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Josh Chesler, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
The event featured a buffet dinner, entertainment and a silent auction to benefit the league’s mission of providing food and housing to senior citizens in need.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Eliminating taxes on workers' overtime pay and tips, as well as giving a bigger deduction to senior citizens, would cost an additional $234 billion over the same period, its analysis finds.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 19 May 2025
Addressing hearing loss in the elderly could help alleviate the growing loneliness epidemic among senior citizens, according to a report from SWNS.
—Reem Amro, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior citizen
Noun
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Columnist Steve Lopez asks: If people taking care of our elders get deported, will anyone take their place?—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Every day of inaction is an act of aggression against the system that protects our elders from poverty and indignity.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The study, detailed this week in the journal Scientific Reports, found that a slight majority (57.1 percent) of adult chimpanzees observed would yawn in response to seeing the android head yawn.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
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This shift marks a generational change in how adult content is consumed.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Whereas modern extermination tends to involve poisons or traps that a professional later clears, ancients had to take on pests one by one.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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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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“Senior citizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20citizen. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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