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Recent Examples of old hat
Maybe you were born and raised here in the Queen City, but your social routine seems like old hat.
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Katie Black, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
Weighing cars is easy, and timing them in pit stops is old hat, too.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
The pace of morning preparation behind the scenes was old hat to me.
—Harriette Cole, Flow Space, 3 June 2025
For a franchise that not too long ago hadn’t even won a playoff round in a quarter-century, winning the Eastern Conference has become old hat for these Panthers.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Katie Black, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
Weighing cars is easy, and timing them in pit stops is old hat, too.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
The pace of morning preparation behind the scenes was old hat to me.
—Harriette Cole, Flow Space, 3 June 2025
For a franchise that not too long ago hadn’t even won a playoff round in a quarter-century, winning the Eastern Conference has become old hat for these Panthers.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old hat
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All of Wall Street is sharing and celebrating the historical studies of what happens when the Fed drops rates after a long pause and when the stock market is within 2% of a record high.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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In July, Lake reported the number of first-time homebuyers had shrunk to just half the historical norm.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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From host Nate Bargatze's Boys and Girls Club gamble to Tramell Tillman's historic win, here are the most notable highs and lows from the Primetime Emmy Awards.—
Kristen Baldwin,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Sep. 2025
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Consumer sentiment is slipping near historic lows.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Until Uber and Lyft arrived, ride-seekers were reliant on outmoded taxicab operations.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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This has been attributed in part to surging loads from artificial intelligence data centers, as well as outmoded energy infrastructure.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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This out-of-date cryptography can persist for years or even decades and often takes at least as long to remediate to current versions.—
Dave Krauthamer,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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As a result, hundreds of the museum’s videos regarding items in the collection and on educational topics that were removed from YouTube in January 2023 are being restored to the streaming service after being reorganized, with out-of-date material removed.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
22 Aug. 2025
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The trend gained runway momentum last year when luxury houses, including Alaïa, Chloé and Loewe, revisited the formerly outdated bottoms as statement pieces for spring 2025.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
13 Sep. 2025
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By contrast, Applebee’s and IHOP have bloated menus, outdated technology, and inconsistent execution.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Red mesh iron bookshelves and traditional Italian kitchen towels suspended like airy curtains from the ceiling add to the quirky interior.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kirk capitalized on the widening gap to position himself as a conservative cultural authority on traditional values and religion.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Unlike in the less-than-golden olden days, people cannot stuff ballot boxes or toss them into the river because ballots are tracked and voters are notified when their vote is cast.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
28 Aug. 2025
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In the olden days, a journalist might have pressed Sinner, hopeful of getting that first quote.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
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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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This colossal tactical error has been compounded by the lingering centrist deference to a long-outworn image of the Supreme Court as a grand impartial arbiter of constitutional outcomes.—
Chris Lehmann,
The New Republic,
10 Feb. 2022
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“Old hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20hat. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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