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as in elder
a person of advanced years
a group of old-timers playing shuffleboard
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as in veteran
a person with long experience in a specified area
old-timers in the fishing industry couldn't remember a time when catches were so low
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Recent Examples of old-timer
That’s partly thanks to Harrison Ford and Neil Flynn’s easy old-timer chemistry.
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Playa del Fuego in May and Constellation Burn in October are both in Pennsylvania, and attract old-timer burners who are committed to the 10 Principles of Burning Man, including Radical Inclusion.
—Alden Wicker, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2024
She’s really highly rated and appreciated by the old-timers, and that says a lot.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
The older Democrats in my area are old-timers in overalls who’ve been farming their whole lives.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Playa del Fuego in May and Constellation Burn in October are both in Pennsylvania, and attract old-timer burners who are committed to the 10 Principles of Burning Man, including Radical Inclusion.
—Alden Wicker, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2024
She’s really highly rated and appreciated by the old-timers, and that says a lot.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
The older Democrats in my area are old-timers in overalls who’ve been farming their whole lives.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old-timer
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One refrain in the script is the younger workers repeatedly lecturing their elders — with impunity — to do better.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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It's reserved for the sort of elders or other regulars.Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 22 Dec. 2024
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The independent retailer, which was started a decade ago by men’s marketing veteran Paul C. Witt, has two new locations — one of which marks its debut foray into womenswear — and a private label on the way.Marissa Muller, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Denver Broncos’ veteran wide receiver, about an hour after his team moved to the doorstep of the playoffs with a 31-13 victory over the Indianapolis Colts, was asked to imagine the game’s defining play in an alternate universe.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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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
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Both studies monitored obese adults with moderate to severe sleep apnea over a 52-week period.Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the most striking comes from the Baltimore Experience Corps trial, a large experiment in which adults age 60 and older were randomly assigned to either volunteer at elementary schools or be put on a waiting list.Maria Godoy, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
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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
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Something similar happened at the other end of the age spectrum—a geriatric rumble.Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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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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Yet not only is there no Vena amoris (as it was dubbed), but there’s also little evidence to support the idea of ancients routinely wearing engagement rings.Katy Kelleher, refinery29.com, 2 May 2023
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“Old-timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old-timer. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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