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Recent Examples of oldish
Most of us travelling correspondents were youngish reporters from oldish outlets, wearing blue button-downs and carrying notebooks in the back pockets of our Bonobos.
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Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Almost all were sort of oldish homes; this wasn’t an area with huge three-plus million dollar house.
—Ali MacGraw, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
There aren’t just new movies and shows, but an array of old (and oldish) classics.
—Don Steinberg and Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2020
The all-purpose reply is designed to disarm oldish people who dispense condescension dressed up as wisdom.
—Molly Roberts, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2019
Yet the disharmony of an uncertain transmission, cabin materials that are nice from a distance but not so refined under inspection and advanced safety technology that is effective amid an oldish infotainment system causes a disconnect.
—Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
The Upper East Side's legendary JG Melon is oldish (est.
—Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 16 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oldish
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He was found guilty in 2025 of treating an elderly women suffering from liver disease without a medical license.—
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Rantz cited a recent attack on an elderly woman who was struck in the face with a board containing a nail, leaving her blind.—
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Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.—
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In Season 1, Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.—
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Iwuagwu worked as a professor in the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Department of Medicine, and as a UToledo Health geriatric medicine physician.—
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Reality is far more complicated, Ipsit Vahia, the chief of geriatric psychiatry at Mass General Brigham’s McLean Hospital and the director of its Technology and Aging Laboratory, told me.—
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
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Come late January or early February, Denver could be down its defensive coordinator, a whiz-kid offensive mind, and a slightly older whiz-kid defensive mind.—
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To play the 18th-century religious leader Ann Lee, for instance, Amanda Seyfried gave up Botox, her anti-aging intervention of choice, for an entire year, in addition to eschewing makeup on set.—
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Shoppers are impressed by the now-$20 anti-aging serum.—
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Zombie cells are senescent cells, which are cells that are technically alive but in growth arrest due to a variety of stressors, including oxidative stress and DNA damage.—
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But having too few senescent cells is dangerous, because senescence helps block tumors.—
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Talla Mountjoy is senior director of programs for the Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression at the University of Chicago.—
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Last month before the Alamo Bowl, starting quarterback Jayden Maiava announced his intention to stay at USC for his redshirt senior season after leading the Big Ten with 3,711 passing yards.—
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His multicourse omakase shows off the chef’s restrained minimalist Edomae style and love of aged fish.—
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The narrator’s description of Bud’s psychology can read like every other account of middle-aged frailty.—
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“Oldish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oldish. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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