- comparative of old.
elder
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The opportunity came to him in recognition of the elder Shaws’ abolitionist credentials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The abrupt exits have frazzled some of the city’s elder statesmen, chagrined politicians—and prompted some chief executives to make not-so-subtle digs at their former neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But in that year, the supplemental poverty measure, or SPM, indicated that elder poverty was at 10.6%, while the more accurate measure using tax records showed that poverty was only at 6.1%, Biggs said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Tshenatshe Monwela, an elder in Maun, a tourism town in north-western Botswana told local media that his community should have received buffalo instead.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“All! What, all five out at once? Very odd! And you only the second. The younger ones out before the elder ones are married! Your younger sisters must be very young?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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