as in veteran
a person with long experience in a specified area
with 25 years on the job, Vinnie was the old hand everyone went to with their problems
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That’s given to the head of the magazine’s fact department, an old hand named Muriel, played with steely certainty by Jessica Molaskey.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024
The message is clear: Kim is not an immature oddball but rather an old hand at negotiations, respected by his peers abroad.
—Jung H. Pak, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
This coming year will bring a slew of new mysteries from old hands.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Discussions around the leading voices of the AI zeitgeist have not often included the old hands of computing like IBM, Intel, Sony Group, or Dell.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024
The message is clear: Kim is not an immature oddball but rather an old hand at negotiations, respected by his peers abroad.
—Jung H. Pak, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
This coming year will bring a slew of new mysteries from old hands.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Discussions around the leading voices of the AI zeitgeist have not often included the old hands of computing like IBM, Intel, Sony Group, or Dell.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
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