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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a elderly" is not correct in English; it should be "an elderly." You can use it when referring to an older person or group of people.
Example: "The community center offers various activities for an elderly population."
Alternatives: "an older person" or "a senior citizen."
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Patient A, elderly lady with lung cancer presented with progressive dyspnoea, desaturation, and low blood pressure.
It emerges that these notes are research, the notecards of a elderly narrator called simply "Author".
A elderly woman is believed to be trapped underneath a bus in the city centre of Bath.
"I'd never leave her without resources," said Ms. Greaves, a elderly woman who worked part-time doing office work for a school.
A Speaker should be "virtually senile", says Bercow, putting on a "elderly Tory grandee voice" - but without giving any clue as to who he was talking about.
New evidence from a DNA test was not enough today for a South Carolina man who has been on death row for 18 years for the murder of a elderly woman.
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"They lunged a lot," an elderly woman said.
Or share a meal with an elderly neighbor.
A risky operation and an elderly dog.
A young mother and an elderly man.
A few minutes later, an elderly couple entered the room.
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