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as in vintage
pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time
an elegant, old-fashioned bun that was held in place with pearl hairpins
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as in traditional
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
I'm so old-fashioned that I actually think people should use standard grammar and punctuation when composing e-mails
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Recent Examples of old-fashioned
According to the Washingtonian, an old-fashioned telephone guest book was provided at the reception for guests to share advice for the couple.
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Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
These provers, along with old-fashioned human ingenuity, knocked down the open questions one at a time.
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Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
Across the street from Indianapolis’s second-tallest skyscraper, the OneAmerica Tower, is a quintessentially humble Midwestern attraction: an old-fashioned signboard with a new dad joke every week.
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Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
Ultimately, the team identified the Heaven Sword the old-fashioned way — by scaling the massive tree and dropping a tape measure from the top, according to a study published Friday in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
These provers, along with old-fashioned human ingenuity, knocked down the open questions one at a time.
—
Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
Across the street from Indianapolis’s second-tallest skyscraper, the OneAmerica Tower, is a quintessentially humble Midwestern attraction: an old-fashioned signboard with a new dad joke every week.
—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
Ultimately, the team identified the Heaven Sword the old-fashioned way — by scaling the massive tree and dropping a tape measure from the top, according to a study published Friday in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old-fashioned
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Lectra noted that the trend also reflects the boom in resale and vintage fashion, where consumers snap up DIY and one-of-a-kind designs.
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The finish leans heavily into baking spice, evoking the end of some vintage high-rye bourbons.
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AerAware departs from traditional head-up displays and instead equips both pilots with a dual wearable system that delivers the same information to each cockpit seat.
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Inspired by the traditional Japanese spinning top beigoma (hence BEY-blade), the toy line first became a hit when it was debuted by toymaker Takara in the late 90s and early 2000s.
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At work, Kirkham uses an antique sand hourglass which times an hour.
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The cedar’s visible woodgrain adds a rustic quality, and the roof’s shingles create an antique aesthetic.
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Texas is on the verge of mandating more than 5 million of its public school students to study Bible stories, as the state emerges as a leader in a national conservative effort to infuse Christian teachings into American classrooms.
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Lee raised his target from 7,700 as stronger corporate earnings offset a more conservative valuation outlook.
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The chunky retro pixel art and dense particle effects give it that classic Vampire Survivors look -- bright, busy and chaotic when the screen fills up after big combo attacks.
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Doechii favored retro styling in Dsquared2 for Sunday night’s 2026 BET Awards red carpet in Los Angeles.
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Rodriguez almost played as an auxiliary right-back instead of an orthodox right-winger, dropping deep and dictating play.
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In an age of intelligent machines, who gets to decide what is orthodox remains one of the most important questions a free society can ask.
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Tying an Italian surname to the Outfit has become a tattered badge of honor in the antiquated newsroom of certain outlets with truth thrown to the curb.
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This offers the do-it-yourself warrior a simple, direct route from antiquated lead-acid to state-of-the-art lithium without having to search for esoteric parts online.
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Co-founder and tour guide Hannah Michelle Brower says the tour will be a historical journey exploring passenger pigeons and the Lenape people, as well as looking at how the arrival of European colonizers accelerated commercial exploitation and ultimately contributed to the extinction of the bird.
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Building historical records Collecting tree ring data to study events like El Niño helps fill in the history before satellites were available, Trouet said.
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“Old-fashioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old-fashioned. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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