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old woman

NOUN
old lady
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In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

In 2023, doctors in Taiwan removed more than 300 kidney stones from a 20 year old woman who had reportedly been drinking bubble tea instead of water.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

“A grandmother, an old woman like me, alone.”

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

The fake videos included one in which an old woman fed apples to a bear, and another in which an unarmed high school student fended off a bear with her bare hands.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

The old woman ignored my question and looked between Red and me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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