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Adjective
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Jeopardy contestants tonight Shahade will go up against Ian Samson, a firefighter from North Carolina and Beth Orlansky, a retired public interest attorney from Mississippi.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026 -
Republicans voting for the deal included retired corrections officer Kurt Vail of Stafford Springs, longtime police officer Greg Howard of Stonington and others.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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It is estimated that, based on measures of blood glucose, lipids, and other parameters, less than 12% of the adult American population can even be said to metabolically healthy.—
Christopher Duggan,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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For many readers and critics, the perception was that Mansfield was almost writing children’s fiction, since most of her stories are deceptively easy to read, although her themes are entirely adult in both form and content.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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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
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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
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Now, however, the octogenarian screenwriter is back in the news.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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The election is the latest in a trend of octogenarian African leaders clinging to power.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Yet León’s superannuated one man revolution does change the world – or at least a little part if it – by changing Cardozo.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That first night, Andrej’s roommates were a man in a coma and an elderly French woman in a diaper and boots (no pants), who marched around her bed singing like a chanteuse.—
Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The entire neighborhood, which includes Afghan immigrant Rahim (Elham Ehsas) and his elderly parents, has been evacuated to nearby Hyde Park, and the cops, led by the efficient but slightly overwhelmed Chief Superintendent Zuzana (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), have set up a security cordon.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Scott Quigley, a loyal minion of yet another septuagenarian Democrat hack DA, Marian Ryan of Middlesex County.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Jeremy Corbyn, the septuagenarian British leftist, who had already arrived in Havana by plane, met with high-ranking Communist Party officials in the presidential palace.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Footwear with impeccable manners and a very special kind of poise is grown-up in the best sense of the word.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
5 Apr. 2026
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On an album of spectral love songs, the DJ and producer’s misty dream pop feels bigger, bolder, and decidedly grown-up.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Middle-aged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-aged. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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