as in establishment
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.
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Traditionally, old guard banks have held enormous influence in D.C., spawning nicknames like Government Sachs.
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Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Rice, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound, 22-year-old guard from Henderson, North Carolina, has three years of collegiate eligibility remaining.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
Since most of the agency’s old guard departed in a flurry of resignations more than a year ago, SANDAG’s new leaders have moved to make many of the outstanding reforms called for by auditors, a new report finds.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
This old guard finds political solutions unpleasantly radical.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Rice, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound, 22-year-old guard from Henderson, North Carolina, has three years of collegiate eligibility remaining.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
Since most of the agency’s old guard departed in a flurry of resignations more than a year ago, SANDAG’s new leaders have moved to make many of the outstanding reforms called for by auditors, a new report finds.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
This old guard finds political solutions unpleasantly radical.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old guard
establishment
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If the marathons of New York and London showcase splendour and establishment and magnificence and size and place, then the Great North Run offers something else; to complete it, to witness it, is to understand its pull.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Three Arlington restaurants were temporarily closed and another establishment failed after inspectors found roaches and unsanitary conditions during the August 17-30 health inspections, according to data from the city and compiled by the Star-Telegram.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Old guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20guard. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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