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Recent Examples of dotard
Gary Chryst, the most admired artist of the Joffrey Ballet of yore appearing with Ballet Theater as a guest, makes Dodon a rivetingly doting dotard.
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Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 7 June 2016
Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 7 June 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dotard
Noun
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Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 May 2023
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The Duke is the true tale of an eccentric oldster who, in 1961, stole a Francisco Goya painting of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
28 Apr. 2022
Noun
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Faced with a persistent shortage of geriatricians, elder health care advocates increasingly see the future of geriatrics in more of a research and advisory capacity than in direct clinical care.—
Pamela Paul,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Heimann avoided cardigans with fusty suede elbow patches or hefty yarn that can invoke infirm geriatrics.—
Valli Herman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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No full moons, no silver bullets, no ancients curses and the like, just a title card at the beginning of the film stating that wolf man sightings have been a phenomenon since indigenious peoples ruled the Americas.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Halfway down the Aegean coast, Smyrna, as Asia Minor ancients called it, was where East met West as an economic and cultural synapse at the end of the Silk Road.—
Alex Crevar,
New York Times,
11 July 2024
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Playing an acid-tongue dowager or master teacher of witchcraft came naturally to her, but what thrilled her about acting was its transformative freedom.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Sep. 2024
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There were pompous society dowagers with melting faces, young beauties with speckled dresses, unexpected sphinxes and nature spirits.—
Will Heinrich,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2024
Noun
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His innie shares a vast, mostly empty office with three colleagues: the paternal old-timer Irving (John Turturro), the faux curmudgeon Dylan (Zach Cherry), and the alarmed newbie Helly (Britt Lower).—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2025
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Audrey sees anybody new in the silo — plus some old-timers like Eater — as a drain on the dwindling food supplies.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2025
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Furthermore, freezing temperatures pose health risks, particularly for vulnerable groups like infants and senior citizens.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Each Thursday night, Kiser and his classmates spent three hours providing free tax aid to low-income people, many of whom were senior citizens.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Therefore the products offered to their parents’ generation is not suitable for this generation of elders.—
Sara Zeff Geber, PhD,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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On New Year's Eve, families often join together for dinner as people offer sacrifices to ancestors and pay respect to their elders.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Dotard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotard. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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