elders
Example Sentences
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"Payback" is term for traditional punishment under Aboriginal customary law in Central Australia – usually carried out by elders to try and achieve harmony between Indigenous families and groups.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
JF: Metal respects their elders in a way that’s kind of unheard of in other genres.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
As James Baldwin once said, “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
There is no cure, and the financial costs of caring for elders with dementia is enormous and rising as the population ages.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Like the crawl of a black snake, they wound their way beneath tall white sycamores, black gums, birches, and box elders.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
