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Recent Examples of olden
Eggers and his go-to production designer Craig Lathrop also put a unique emphasis on building realistic worlds—their production design strives extra hard to close gaps between Eggers’s olden aesthetic and the modern audience’s perception.
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Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
My all-time favorite versions are from the olden days.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
With Gerrit Cole out for the year, one of baseball’s most hallowed stats — The Win — has never felt more like a vestige of the olden days, kind of like VHS machines, the BlackBerry and the land line.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Tim Kurkjian, a Hall of Fame baseball writer, gave quirky stats and told stories of the olden days when dinosaurs like Earl Weaver roamed the earth.
—Paul Sullivan, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
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Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
My all-time favorite versions are from the olden days.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
With Gerrit Cole out for the year, one of baseball’s most hallowed stats — The Win — has never felt more like a vestige of the olden days, kind of like VHS machines, the BlackBerry and the land line.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Tim Kurkjian, a Hall of Fame baseball writer, gave quirky stats and told stories of the olden days when dinosaurs like Earl Weaver roamed the earth.
—Paul Sullivan, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for olden
Adjective
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The 922 reports logged through late May is 281 more than the historical average of 641 for this time of year, the outlet said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Further, as shown in the historical data, periods of a weaker US dollar do not uniformly lead to higher US Treasury bond yields.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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But newer spots such as Lucky Day, which opened in 2017, are expanding beyond Buffalo’s traditional menu offerings.—
David Allan,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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Il Molino di Grace (Panzano in Chianti) – Combining traditional methods with sustainability, this historic estate captures the bold yet refined character of Panzano.—
Jessica Dupuy,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Like Venice, Barcelona and other historic European cities, Bruges has been struggling to cope with overtourism.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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The historic residence in the Poverty Ridge neighborhood now awaits its next caretaker.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
24 May 2025
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Extra pomp doesn’t have to skew antiquated, either, as several modern variations from upscale brands like Sferra and Annie Selke illustrate.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
24 May 2025
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Read about the towns across the country that are successfully moving away from antiquated parking mandates.—
Casey Moran,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2025
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And these days, data decays (becomes obsolete) more quickly than ever, given the rapid pace of change in both business operations and consumer habits.—
Tomas Gorny,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Anatole is a painter, an artform which photographer Lucien good-naturedly joshes him will soon be obsolete.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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Wait a second, the retort goes, the old-time adage is that to the victor go the spoils.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Now, the University Pub is closed as of May 18, and that leaves only one old-time dive bar near TCU: the Poop Deck.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2025
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But those ideas reflect an outmoded view of China and a fundamental misunderstanding of its economic and political system.—
Bob Davis,
Time,
12 Apr. 2025
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Our rounded bellies and our heavy thighs in the run-resistant, outmoded styles.—
Hélène Bessette,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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People stop asking why things are done a certain way and start accepting outdated processes as normal.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Infrastructure remedies such as runway repairs, system upgrades—including a new radar center in Philadelphia—and the introduction of fiber optics have been announced to lessen dependence on outdated technology.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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“Olden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/olden. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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