as in fogey
a person or thing that is similar to someone or something from the past or that is suited to an earlier time
—usually + to
She's a throwback to the actresses of the 1950s. The band's music is a throwback to the 1980s.
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Recent Examples of throwback
Jim Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025
Nostalgia in movies like this should be a warm throwback, not a reason to think of more entertaining dips into the same genre pool.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
The star center set up Toews for a one-timer that got past Shesterkin, who threw back his head in frustration.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
While cattle barons may seem like a throwback, their spirits still rule in Big Sky Country.
—Jim Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025
Nostalgia in movies like this should be a warm throwback, not a reason to think of more entertaining dips into the same genre pool.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The upcoming revival of 'Malcolm in the Middle' will be a limited four-episode run on Disney+, focusing on Malcolm and his daughter being thrown back into family chaos for Hal and Lois's 40th wedding anniversary party.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
The star center set up Toews for a one-timer that got past Shesterkin, who threw back his head in frustration.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwback
Verb
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In January, a man returned home to South Australia from a trip to New Zealand to find an eastern brown snake had taken up residence in his house.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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District court judges separately ruled in favor of Wilcox and Harris, finding their removals were unlawful and returning them to their roles.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.—
Alison Snyder,
Axios,
23 Feb. 2025
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
Verb
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Despite hitting every green in regulation that Sunday, McIlroy couldn’t get any putts to fall and finished in third place, two shots behind Cameron Smith.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The space features exhibits focused on the area’s past, from wooly mammoth fossils found in the area to a glimpse into the salt mining industry that brought the region to prominence.—
Caroline Eubanks,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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But revisiting fossils in Taiwan’s National Museum of Natural Science may yield riveting clues.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Lone Jack Police Chief Tim Cosner, who took the helm after the 2021 crash, declined to be interviewed about why the department’s policy changed.—
Bill Lukitsch,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2025
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But declining attendances now sees that held in February each year.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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From Matt Damon’s anxious pickpocket to Carl Reiner’s old-timer master of disguise, each member of the gang is unforgettable in their own way, and the precision with which Soderbergh arranges them during the big heist is hugely satisfying every time.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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Sosa hugged the old-timers on stage and the current players seemed thrilled to meet him.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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When a seemingly routine Oval Office press conference degenerated into a shouting match on 28 February, the world looked on in astonishment.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Mar. 2025
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This latest performance degenerated into a litany of basic defensive errors, as illustrated by all three of Brentford’s first-half goals.—
Rob Tanner,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Her being nominated for playing a grotesque has-been is, at the very least, a delicious irony.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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This isn’t a turn of events that Macchio, 63, possibly could have expected just a few years ago, when most of Hollywood had dismissed him as an Eighties has-been.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Throwback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwback. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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