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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
Adjective
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Backdropped against empty space, absent any signifying detail or decoration, Mockrin’s once historical figures and details exist only in the here and now.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Many of these local gems are cozy relics that house unique pieces that evoke a sense of nostalgia, hold a coveted aesthetic or have historical significance.—
Olivia Lee,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
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Once a 19th-century military outpost, Fort Robinson now combines historic sites with miles of hiking and horseback trails.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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The historic new daytime drama Beyond the Gates has officially set its second crossover with one of its CBS sister series, and its first from The Bold and the Beautiful.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
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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For years, military theorists and political scientists have argued that airpower is overrated and, in some ways, outmoded.—
DAVID A. DEPTULA,
Foreign Affairs,
11 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 16 Sep. 2025.
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