senior
adjective
older or elder (designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name).
seniors
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pluralof senior.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This age-related decline can make influenza particularly dangerous for seniors.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
This year’s seniors are the first to have played the sport all four years of their high school careers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
In Colorado Springs, Woodmen Valley Chapel, a roughly 10,000-member church, donated more than an acre to the nonprofit Greccio Housing, which built Sunrise at Shiloh Mesa, with 50 apartments for seniors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Seventh- and eighth-graders might be able to participate in sports at the high-school level, while juniors and seniors take college courses at nearby UMass Lowell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The irony being that the seniors thought they were actually saving the girls from being too exploited.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
