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The boss man certainly has a soft spot for the graybeard – and Whitworth literally has a graying beard – who's been so exceptional over the years while protecting quarterbacks Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford, which is only a small part of what he's meant to the Rams.
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Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
Immediately, four dogs bound out of a modest pine log cabin, barking their fool heads off; there's George, a fluffy Newfoundland with a graybeard's tired face; Bunny, an Old English sheepdog; and Shih Tzus Clementine and Bear, the latter of whom cannot and will not be befriended.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2021
Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.
—Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
Joe Thornton, the Bruins' No. 1 draft pick in 1997, is now an NHL graybeard.
—Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
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Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
Immediately, four dogs bound out of a modest pine log cabin, barking their fool heads off; there's George, a fluffy Newfoundland with a graybeard's tired face; Bunny, an Old English sheepdog; and Shih Tzus Clementine and Bear, the latter of whom cannot and will not be befriended.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2021
Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.
—Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
Joe Thornton, the Bruins' No. 1 draft pick in 1997, is now an NHL graybeard.
—Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
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“Graybeard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graybeard. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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graybeard
noun
gray·beard
ˈgrā-ˌbi(ə)rd 
: an old man
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