Centenarian

Definitions

One who or that which is at least 100 years old.

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Examples

“The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days.”

“He proposed the formation of the Louisiana Live⟳ Oak Association, whose members would be trees at least a hundred years old. First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread⟳ of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932.”

“Centenarians may become⟳ the norm, rather than rarities who generate⟳ a headline in the local newspaper.”

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