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Recent Examples of fogy 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 And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023 The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 Young people with the right stuff can be far more resilient than we old fogies suspect. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023 Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy. Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022 There’s a lot of this comedy at an old fogy’s expense. Ron Charles critic, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019 Can two old fogies of the media landscape reunite and grow, as the market rapidly consolidates and moves online? Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2019 Old fogies might be tempted to use a browser bookmark to remember their place, but Google has a new name for this: Collections. Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 24 Sep. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fogy
Noun
  • These fossils, possibly brought by ancient trade networks, suggest a fascinating intersection of natural history and human activity.
    Real-Time news team, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
  • According to a new study in Cretaceous Research, scientists have identified a new lekking site at Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado — a spot famous for its iconic fossils, including Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, Allosaurus, and more.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The Penguins have a lot of veterans on this team, and Muse was hired primarily to guide the new wave of Penguins, which will arrive in the coming seasons.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • According to Whitney Decker, Travis Decker, a veteran, was suffering from mental health issues at the time.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, conservatives, worried about the nation’s debt, are pushing for steeper cuts.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
  • Three of the court’s conservatives – Roberts, Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh – joined the three liberals in rejecting conservative challenges to Obamacare and to an internet subsidy program.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 June 2025

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