elderly
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Don’t miss: My elderly mother and I own a home together.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
They were applauding, announcing a social program for the elderly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The writer-director’s 2022 feature debut, “Plan 75,” imagined an unsettling future in which the elderly are offered a subsidy by the government to be euthanized.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
During the vigil, friends described how the mother-of-two had also cared for her two autistic brothers and elderly grandparents.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
I saw her in a black gown and widow’s cap; frigid, perhaps, but not uncivil: a model of elderly English respectability.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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