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senior

[seen-yer] / ˈsin jər /




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The comments come after warnings from senior RBA staff that inflation remains “too high.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

That’s when Freeman and Heyward first met, the summer before their senior year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

"It is a difficult jigsaw to piece together and we have to work out how to treat these players should they want to leave LIV and rejoin," said a senior tour source.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

The commitments from senior management and an influential figure like Ma, who is no longer on the company’s board, helped to shore up Alibaba’s foundering share price.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

“I see you’re making good use of that old mower. Which reminds me: Maggie Doyle and I are going to take a pottery class through the senior center this winter.”

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

Voting laws can’t favor seniors, a court says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

“I would say that that’s what seniors are increasingly looking for in their Medicare experience.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

That pandemic hit children and younger and middle-aged adults harder than seniors, who likely had been exposed to an older version of the H1N1 virus when they were younger.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Singapore is one of the world's fastest aging countries and its seniors are embracing the challenge of staying healthy creatively.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

“Mr. Early, Ms. Blankenship, five-minute bell’s rung. You may be seniors, but you don’t get to be tardy. Move it.”

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner




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