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capitalized O&S
: a style of reckoning time used before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar
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: a style of type distinguished by graceful irregularity among individual letters, bracketed serifs, and but slight contrast between light and heavy strokes
: using or according to the Julian calendar
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Scott Cohn, CNBC, 11 July 2024
For now, the Mac app supports the old style of back-and-forth voice chats with the chatbot.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
The sight of people wearing the old style or new style Fish Tale T-shirts, there is a sense of pride that the once small seafood shack has made a big impact on everyone, the brothers say.
—Maddi Langweil, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2024
But more than half a century later, Sanjay Leela Bhansali — now 61 and a rare remaining master of the grand old style of Indian filmmaking — has not let go of his seat at that small cinema, Alankar Talkies, on the hem of the city’s red-light district.
—Mujib Mashal Atul Loke, New York Times, 1 May 2024
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Arkansas Turrell Arkansas Photo taken on October 20, 2021 Rusty old style water tower in downtown Turrell Arkansas.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 11 July 2024
For now, the Mac app supports the old style of back-and-forth voice chats with the chatbot.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
The sight of people wearing the old style or new style Fish Tale T-shirts, there is a sense of pride that the once small seafood shack has made a big impact on everyone, the brothers say.
—Maddi Langweil, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2024
But more than half a century later, Sanjay Leela Bhansali — now 61 and a rare remaining master of the grand old style of Indian filmmaking — has not let go of his seat at that small cinema, Alankar Talkies, on the hem of the city’s red-light district.
—Mujib Mashal Atul Loke, New York Times, 1 May 2024
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“Old style.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20style. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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