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Recent Examples of old hat
Selling out a concert on one of the hottest, stickiest nights of the summer is old hat for Whiskey Myers.
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Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
The crocodile tears come easy for Drews, as these kinds of scenes are practically old hat by now.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Many business leaders continue to practice old hat tricks from the dark ages.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Men were letting their hair grow past their shoulders, women were tying theirs in bandannas, and amid the weed and the cobblestones, the prim full skirts of the 1950s were laughably old hat.
—Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025
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Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
The crocodile tears come easy for Drews, as these kinds of scenes are practically old hat by now.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Many business leaders continue to practice old hat tricks from the dark ages.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Men were letting their hair grow past their shoulders, women were tying theirs in bandannas, and amid the weed and the cobblestones, the prim full skirts of the 1950s were laughably old hat.
—Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old hat
Adjective
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Leveraging technology to render complete 3D worlds based on meticulous historical research, the exhibition is much more than panels on a wall.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
21 June 2026
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The volatility component seeks stocks with a lower 36-month historical return volatility.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Adjective
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And historic moments are what The Star and our journalists do.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
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Amid the fallout, Honarkar lost possession of most of his properties, including the historic Hotel Laguna, where a public scuffle had broken out in 2023 between his security team and guards working for the partner who wrested control of the landmark.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Adjective
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Their outmoded style, with its seriousness and corniness, its big acting choices and low budgets, is basically impossible to recreate without falling into parody.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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Embossed business cards, account ledgers, bins of bolts at the hardware store—all are pleasurable physical artifacts that have been more or less outmoded by technology.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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Preckwinkle's team first tackled the out-of-date property tax system by hiring Tyler Technologies under a $30 million dollar contract to upgrade the county's property tax system.—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Charles also had one out-of-date license to operate a school bus at the time of the incident, investigators stated previously.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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An inspection can reveal issues that weren’t visible during the initial estimate, such as outdated writing or drainage issues.—
Kat Tretina,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Philanthropy and nonprofit work are uniquely positioned to meet that need, but many young people still believe an outdated narrative about nonprofit work.—
Dr. Milpha Blamo,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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AerAware departs from traditional head-up displays and instead equips both pilots with a dual wearable system that delivers the same information to each cockpit seat.—
Amalia Roy,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
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Inspired by the traditional Japanese spinning top beigoma (hence BEY-blade), the toy line first became a hit when it was debuted by toymaker Takara in the late 90s and early 2000s.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Adjective
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Folk saints fill a void in a largely Catholic country where most saints, many with olden European roots, don’t always resonate.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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In the olden days, when the United States did summit meetings with the Soviet Union, there was a fundamental reason for that, which is, one of the things that the United States wanted from the Soviet Union was arms control.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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Setting recent works among older ones is an effective element of LACMA’s overall plan to shed outworn hierarchies.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps that’s the legacy of outworn stereotypes about corruption or a lack of the type of political will that’s brought more rapid changes to corporate governance and sustainable investing standards in, for example, some Nordic countries.—
Cassie Werber,
Quartz,
7 June 2022
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“Old hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20hat. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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