as in elder
a person of advanced years
more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives
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He's also called for no tax on overtime pay, and he's also come out with no tax on Social Security benefits for senior citizens.
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Public transportation is accessible and free for senior citizens, eliminating the need to drive.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Photograph by Genna Martin Sure, all four women living at WOW House are technically senior citizens, but their five-bedroom Craftsman home in Seattle’s Capitol Hill is not an old-age home.
—Belle Cushing, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
More than 40 percent of the country’s population will be senior citizens; more than one in six South Koreans will be over the age of 80.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Public transportation is accessible and free for senior citizens, eliminating the need to drive.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Photograph by Genna Martin Sure, all four women living at WOW House are technically senior citizens, but their five-bedroom Craftsman home in Seattle’s Capitol Hill is not an old-age home.
—Belle Cushing, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
More than 40 percent of the country’s population will be senior citizens; more than one in six South Koreans will be over the age of 80.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Senior citizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20citizen. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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