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elderly

[el-der-lee] / ˈɛl dər li /


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It is one thing to lose an elderly parent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I know it’s not her because she’s quite elderly now, she’s 95.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

She and her husband luckily got out, but one elderly couple on their street did not.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Taiwan's Asus unveiled what it called "a new generation of AI-powered service robotics that provide care- and service-related support" to help elderly people and other users with "a wide range of tasks".

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

He was succeeded by Gregory XV, an elderly stopgap who himself died in 1623, when things seemed at last to be going better for Galileo.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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