seasoned(EXPERIENCED)
Veteran backbenchers opposed the bill.
The reports are being treated with scepticism by veteran journalists.
Veteran members of the club are opposed to the changes.

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cosmopolitan
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experienced
grandmother
have been around the ridgesidiom
pedigreed
practised
pseudo-sophistication
ridge
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seasoned
senior
sophisticate
super-sophisticated
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teach your grandmother to suck eggsidiom
ultra-sophisticated
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veteran | American Dictionary

veteran
noun[ C ]
us/ˈvet̬·ər·ən, ˈve·trən/

veterannoun[C] (EXPERIENCED PERSON)

a person who has had a lot of experience in a particular activity or job:
Ms. Beasly is one of our veterans – she has been teaching here for over 20 years.

veterannoun[C] (MILITARY PERSON)

(short formvet)
a person who was once a member of the armed forces

Examples of veteran

veteran
The party had, after all, supported the war and many members were veterans.
Migrations and forced population movements had been followed by steady settlement by veterans and immigrants from elsewhere in the empire.
There was now no shortage of enthusiasts, veterans as well as neophytes.
In brief, most veterans believed that their goals could be achieved within the confines of colonial society.
The number of veterans who succeeded in gaining some degree of economic and social mobility is difficult to determine.
As discussed above, several thousand former soldiers received the training they sought, though not all of these veterans secured employment corresponding to their skills.
Viewing the apparent failures of veterans' initiatives in employment, exservicemen's associations and politics, by 1947 most colonial officials concluded that demobilization was complete.
Data are no. of veterans with potential risk factors.
Eligibility for the disability pension and the rate of the pension is based merely upon the assessment of the veteran's medical situation.
The rights and benefits granted these diverse groups have not always necessarily replicated those granted to disabled military veterans.
Benefits for disabled veterans are, by nature, compensatory categorical benefits.
The educational benefits shaped veterans' consciousness in ways that made them more inclined to participate in politics.
How veterans transformed social marginality into an active and, by implication, central position in the political realm remains unclear.
The hypothesis has received much attention among veterans, the press and the scientific community.
He further repeats the tired official lie that war veterans engineered the subsequent farm invasions.
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