senior citizen

Example Sentences

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In the first instance, the couple has no credits and deductions to claim except this year’s standard deduction and the additional standard deduction for senior citizens.

From MarketWatch

Do we need to see a senior citizen, decades older than most men of the 1920s even lived, galloping on a horse?

From Salon

Much of the crowd was made up of senior citizens who recalled elections under the country’s one-party rule.

From Los Angeles Times

"Even at moderate levels, particulate matter harms the short- and long-term health of people sensitive to it — typically young children, senior citizens, and people with respiratory illnesses," the USC Program reported.

From Salon

It doesn’t matter that he’s an “old patriotic, tax-paying, African American ex-cop, war veteran senior citizen,” as he says twice in the play.

From New York Times