octogenarian

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for octogenarian
Adjective
  • States and food pantries cannot cover food for needy elderly, children and the disabled without federal support.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
  • Angel Contreras went to the San Diego Humane Society’s Gaines Street shelter on Sunday to pick up his elderly poodle after spotting her on the shelter’s website.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Assemble a planning team that includes an elder law attorney, a financial advisor experienced with disability planning, and potentially a geriatric care manager.
    Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The reforms to medical and geriatric parole, which will go into effect on Oct. 1, are essential and shamefully overdue.
    Natasha Dartigue, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • Redshirt senior Matt Lauter, a player head coach Spencer Danielson lauds as one of the best tight ends in the nation, has the second-best rating as an offensive player, at 89.
    Shaun Goodwin July 14, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2025
  • Speculation had mounted that senior studio leaders would lose their jobs, but since April the company has had five big hits, including A Minecraft Movie and Sinners, and is feeling bullish once more.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Wilson plays Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 31 May 2025
  • Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed 20 years ago amid a scandal.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • QAnon was for senescent boomers; fashwave and Embrace Masculinity clips are millennial-coded.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2025
  • If the cells were truly senescent, then the medications should both reduce the number of senescent cells and reverse many of the structural DNA changes and gene expression disruptions.
    Megan Molteni, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
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“Octogenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/octogenarian. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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