elder statesman
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And now, with championship aspirations entering his 13th season, and fifth in Los Angeles, Mack is basking in his role as the Chargers’ elder statesman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
“Ridiculous” is C.K.’s way of letting the world know, with put-on humility, that when you brush aside his Teflon-coated fame and elder statesman standing, the 58-year-old star is really just old and exhausted.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
But Nvidia is now in the odd position of having to play elder statesman, if only to temper some of the wilder views about AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
After his presidential runs, Jackson later positioned himself as an elder statesman within the Democratic Party.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
It was used in reference to some nice old poopy elder statesman who’d made a fortune in the stock market and then gone to Washington to be an adviser to President Roosevelt.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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