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Recent Examples of anachronism
All these anachronisms are at least a matter of inside baseball, if a hindrance to Baylin and Susman’s attempts to evoke the same textured, realist milieu as the Safdie brothers.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 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
The Constitution therefore remains burdened with musty political anachronisms (such as the role of the Electoral College in presidential elections) that threaten American democracy.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 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
The Constitution therefore remains burdened with musty political anachronisms (such as the role of the Electoral College in presidential elections) that threaten American democracy.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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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
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To prompt the conversation, Fallon took a trip down memory lane by showing Sink throwback photos of herself from earlier episodes of Stranger Things.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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The show’s final scene — after an 18-month time jump to the class of ‘89’s graduation — is set in the Wheelers’ basement as the gang plays Dungeons & Dragons one last time, in a throwback to the series premiere.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Anachronism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anachronism. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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