elders
Example Sentences
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At the behest of the army, the institute brought together 30 elders of warring tribes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The church’s money was handled by a finance team and overseen by its elders and deacons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Some practices were lost; others "survived in fragments" - in the memories of elders, in family heirlooms.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Under shaded tents, plates overflow with fried fish and macaroni salad as elders hold court, trading stories about “the old record shop on Avalon” and the Los Angeles they remember “before the riots.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Oh, well, turns out whenever the elders were summoned beneath Isihlangu, a feast was in order—never mind that it was because we had arrived as thieves in the night.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
