elderly
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The In-Home Supportive Services program helps disabled and elderly people remain in their houses by providing in-home care.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The caller said that family members had found the elderly woman, identified as Kun-Ying Yang, unconscious in her apartment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
It is one thing to lose an elderly parent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
She and her husband luckily got out, but one elderly couple on their street did not.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Farmer’s sorcery consult was with an elderly woman who blamed one of her sons, angry and jealous of a brother, for “sending” a sickness that killed the sibling.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing elderly
Ancient Wisdom: Synonyms for "Old"
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"The Ugly One," Vocabulary from Chapters 16-20
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Society
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