geriatric
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The near-total dominance of a trio of weak albums is a sign of a geriatric culture with no interest in slowing its decline.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
Seeking a fresh start, Petriscak retired from her career as a geriatric nurse practitioner and left California.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
“No, I am not OK. I am a geriatric pregnancy, that’s what I am.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Chinese wellness practices, once associated with the tacky and geriatric, have suddenly found themselves in vogue, largely among Americans.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
One historian called Chernenko "an enfeebled geriatric so zombie-like as to be beyond assessing intelligence reports, alarming or not."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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