old news

noun

: something or someone not new or exciting any more
That band is old news.

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Trump also isn’t doing anything new; swapping sugar is old news. Jennifer Lutz, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025 But the documents are mostly old news, and some influencers cry foul. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 25 July 2025 Suddenly, the president was saying that the financier — his former friend — was old news and irrelevant. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2025 Following Trump’s sparsely attended $40 million military parade in DC on June 14, which was also his 79th birthday, and the massive No Kings demonstrations across the nation the same day, the fight over who controls the National Guard troops in L.A. is increasingly becoming old news. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for old news

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“Old news.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20news. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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