of old

idiom

formal + literary
: in the past : in a time that was long ago
in (the) days of old

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New Uses for Old Drugs: Scientists are using machine learning to find new treatments among thousands of old medicines. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 Five minutes up the road, at the Line hotel, hundreds of influencers, YouTube stars, newsletter writers, podcasters, Gen Z founders, and political personalities celebrated the death of old media at a counterparty hosted by newsletter platform Substack. Taylor Lorenz, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025 These are very Diana updates of old tropes about royal and aristocratic women discovering themselves while in disguise in the strange surroundings of London at night. Janine Henni, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025 The two-hander follows a pair of old friends, Byron and Ames. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for of old

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“Of old.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20old. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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