senior citizen
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of senior citizen
First recorded in 1935–40
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There were only 2.5 working-age people for each senior citizen last year, down from 3.6 in 2009, the report says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
In 2021, the franchise cast its first Black male lead; last year, it entered the senior citizen dating space with spin-off “Golden Bachelor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
For a senior citizen on a fixed income, the chance that larger refund “gets spent is extremely high,” Mills said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026
"The senior citizen was trapped on an upper floor... and unable to get assistance," he told radio outlet DZMM.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
Around the camp, Coach Hedge had rigged all sorts of trip wires, snares and oversized mousetraps that wouldn’t stop any self-respecting monster, but they might very well bring down a senior citizen.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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