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elder

adjective as in born earlier

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noun as in older person

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It points to the elder Gospodinov’s vocation in old age as well as to the book’s wider theme of regeneration.

Gretzky had scored at a devastating clip for an absurdly long time—20 NHL seasons that saw him turn from a wiry 18-year-old into the league’s elder statesman.

These elder entrepreneurs share many motives with younger counterparts.

Along with many party elders, the bureaucracy likes its prime ministers weak and conformist.

Happ, an elder at the Servants of Christ Church in Memphis, started to sweat.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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