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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Recent Examples of old guard
If the party’s old guard falters, look out.
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The 24-year-old guard has the offensive tools to grow into a contributor on a team-friendly contract.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Shares of Oracle surged 26% in Tuesday’s extended trading hours, after the tech old guard reported that multicloud database revenue from Amazon, Google and Microsoft grew at the eye-popping rate of 1,529% in its last quarter, fueled by demand for AI servers.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Jones, a 27-year-old guard who was named G League Finals MVP in 2025, spent the past two seasons as a two-way player in the Sacramento Kings organization.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The 24-year-old guard has the offensive tools to grow into a contributor on a team-friendly contract.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Shares of Oracle surged 26% in Tuesday’s extended trading hours, after the tech old guard reported that multicloud database revenue from Amazon, Google and Microsoft grew at the eye-popping rate of 1,529% in its last quarter, fueled by demand for AI servers.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Jones, a 27-year-old guard who was named G League Finals MVP in 2025, spent the past two seasons as a two-way player in the Sacramento Kings organization.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for old guard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old guard
establishment
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The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually, with 97% of establishments passing, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Some of the Administration’s actions, most notably the detention of the Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, did garner a response from Democrats, but the noise came largely from the Party’s left—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley—rather than from its establishment.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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