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elderly

[el-der-lee] / ˈɛl dər li /


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Mr. Hirsch’s character asks, with an elderly person’s focus on potential health crises.

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An elderly man is tasked with burning the inmates’ letters to Stalin pleading to have their appeals heard.

From Los Angeles Times

He could order in French and exchange pleasantries with an elderly French waiter who seemed to live there.

From Los Angeles Times

Smog compromised the health of kids and the sickly and the elderly.

From Los Angeles Times

Your elderly relative could also set up a trust for your daughter and deposit money into it, with instructions that she won’t receive full access until a specific age, say 25.

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