Meaning of Octogenarian | Babel Free

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Synonym of eightysomething: a person between 80 and 89 years old.

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“Mama was by no means the only grandma present⟳, for the octogenarians had turned out en masse from their huts and lean-tos and were paddling about, diving and splashing as unconcernedly as though they really belonged in the sea rather than on land⟳.”

“Finsbury Park⟳ station, one of the most important L.N.E.R. suburban junctions, is now an octogenarian.”

“To replace⟳ logarithmic tables with natural tables required some time. This seems like⟳ a modern age, yet I am not an octogenarian and I can remember⟳ the dying gasp of the logarithmic table as the standard method of computation. I have⟳ seen the desk calculator become⟳ a necessary instrument for every scientist who is doing quantitative work⟳.”

“First up for recriminations may be President Biden. What if the octogenarian had stuck to his original suggestion that he’d be a “bridge” president – i.e., a one-termer – and announced he wouldn’t run⟳ for a second term early last⟳ year, allowing for a proper primary competition among the next generation of Democratic leaders?”

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