the old guard
noun
: the usually older members of an organization (such as a political party) who do not want or like change
She's not popular with the old guard.
(US) The old guard is stronger than ever.
(British) The old guard are stronger than ever.
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Many YouTube creators view the studio executives as gatekeepers, the old guard that once held sway over what got made and what didn’t.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Art Steinmetz New York City Not even Lester Bangs at his most witheringly corrosive was as tough a critic as some of the old guard of entertainers—Frank Sinatra and Jackie Gleason among them—were when, in the mid-nineteen-fifties, Elvis Presley arrived on the scene.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
But Chuck Schumer and the old guard prefer the old ways.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
These firms are giving the old guard of the tech sector — Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Google — the first serious challenge to their dominance, especially in the eyes of Wall Street.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Art Steinmetz New York City Not even Lester Bangs at his most witheringly corrosive was as tough a critic as some of the old guard of entertainers—Frank Sinatra and Jackie Gleason among them—were when, in the mid-nineteen-fifties, Elvis Presley arrived on the scene.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
But Chuck Schumer and the old guard prefer the old ways.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
These firms are giving the old guard of the tech sector — Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Google — the first serious challenge to their dominance, especially in the eyes of Wall Street.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the old guard
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“The old guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20old%20guard. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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