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Recent Examples of anachronism
Shinedown is something of an anachronism.
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Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
And the bizarre song and dance numbers, for all their anachronism, pull us in further.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
When a town is designated a village, the name has the propensity to conjure the anachronism of a time before now.
—Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
But there’s a telling anachronism in the scene where scientists visit a monolith that’s been uncovered on the moon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2018
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Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
And the bizarre song and dance numbers, for all their anachronism, pull us in further.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
When a town is designated a village, the name has the propensity to conjure the anachronism of a time before now.
—Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
But there’s a telling anachronism in the scene where scientists visit a monolith that’s been uncovered on the moon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2018
See All Example Sentences for anachronism
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
Noun
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The Hyperion Avenue store is a throwback to a time of individualized service in an era of big-box anonymity and diminishing expertise.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Also known as an apron-front sink, this design has been getting a lot of love in recent years thanks to the rise of throwback styles.—
Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Anachronism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anachronism. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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