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Recent Examples of anachronism
Looking back at Audrey Hepburn’s most iconic looks is an exercise in anachronism.
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Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
In 2025, swiping a plastic rectangle through a card reader feels like an anachronism, but the MetroCard shouldn’t be taken for granted.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
The Cold War continues to rage on the Korean peninsula after all—seventy-five years and counting—as an anachronism that refuses to die.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
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Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
In 2025, swiping a plastic rectangle through a card reader feels like an anachronism, but the MetroCard shouldn’t be taken for granted.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
The Cold War continues to rage on the Korean peninsula after all—seventy-five years and counting—as an anachronism that refuses to die.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anachronism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anachronism
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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
Noun
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In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Running back Bijan Robinson added that the new uniforms feel similar to the popular throwback sets, which players had praised for both comfort and performance.—
CBS News Atlanta Staff,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Anachronism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anachronism. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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