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Recent Examples of Synonyms for geezer
Noun
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He’s given the Heisman by a crusty old coot guarding the entrance.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025 -
Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive, chicken-like feet.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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After 15 long and grueling hours of maverick medical procedures, heartbreaking losses, and nightmarish IV-drilling sounds, our day-shift friends at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center can finally go home.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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Creative mavericks and individual freedom out — tactical discipline and team structure in.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For older codgers like me who prefer golf clubs to nightclubs, a serene and charming alternative is the city of La Quinta, best known for its incomparable golf courses at PGA West and the historic La Quinta Resort & Club, another redolent whiff of Hollywood’s glorious days gone by.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Popular culture’s usual parade of toothless codgers and crones increasingly seemed obsolete.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
25 Nov. 2024
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“Geezer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geezer. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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