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Recent Examples of anachronism
And no one wants to whip out the ultimate anachronism—a laptop—in the lobby store that looks like a Midwestern grandma’s living room melded with a Swiss grandma’s chalet.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 June 2025
The Plus 8 may be the quintessential Morgan, conceived at a time when the British automaker’s four-cylinder cars were quickly becoming anachronisms, and long before BMW power came to the rescue.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
And while abolishing the credit-hour remains a bridge too far for many, many reasons, the anachronism that is the college semester may not be.
—Derek Newton, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
In places, the anachronism did produce some exciting friction: Matisse’s four relief bronzes of women’s backs, borrowing from the massing and stylization of African sculpture, hung alongside six ornery watercolors of nude women by the contemporary South African painter Marlene Dumas.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 May 2025
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 June 2025
The Plus 8 may be the quintessential Morgan, conceived at a time when the British automaker’s four-cylinder cars were quickly becoming anachronisms, and long before BMW power came to the rescue.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
And while abolishing the credit-hour remains a bridge too far for many, many reasons, the anachronism that is the college semester may not be.
—Derek Newton, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
In places, the anachronism did produce some exciting friction: Matisse’s four relief bronzes of women’s backs, borrowing from the massing and stylization of African sculpture, hung alongside six ornery watercolors of nude women by the contemporary South African painter Marlene Dumas.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anachronism
Noun
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Narrator Mary Lewis, raised in Newfoundland herself, delivers the book in a manner that seems stilted at first but grows more appealing as Lewis moves further into the story, with its pleasing archaisms and evocation of balked communication.—
Katherine A. Powers,
Washington Post,
21 Jan. 2020
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That phrase, which may strike some young American ears as an archaism if not an oxymoron, is worth unpacking, and Amis provides readers with a pocket account of the historical preconditions of his extravagant fame.—
A.O. SCOTT,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2018
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From underwear-baring sheer gowns to throwbacks from the fashion archives, the event’s red carpet was, this year, fun and risqué in equal measure.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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The collective audience setting would seem a better fit for that throwback vibe than the more conventional streaming route.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Anachronism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anachronism. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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