elders
Example Sentences
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“In the beginning there was nothing but Spider Woman,” say Navajo and Pueblo elders.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
JF: Metal respects their elders in a way that’s kind of unheard of in other genres.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
As James Baldwin once said, “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
There is no cure, and the financial costs of caring for elders with dementia is enormous and rising as the population ages.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
This set them on the wide path that led into the spacious circular compound of cobbled ground under the spreading areca nut tree, ringed with the houses of the village elders.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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