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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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That historical egotism fuelled their headiest ambitions.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Over the next 50 years, King authored more than 1,020 decisions and sentenced more than 6,000 defendants, according to historical archives.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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The Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, contains historic butterfly gardens and flora native to the Florida Keys, Cuba and the Caribbean.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Set the scene In the heart of Center City, W Philadelphia adds a dash of style to the city’s historic landscape.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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But then, the fear that AI could render swaths of the software trade outmoded moved a wave of the savings-for-retirement crowd to demand their money back.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Jones’s novels derive much of their richness from her striking capacity to use literary and cultural tropes that may seem outmoded to new ends.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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The second source confirmed that out-of-date intelligence appears to have been used.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This is in part due to the construction of a 3,133-square-foot kindergarten building that replaced outdated portable structures.—
Cyril A. Reinicke,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Administrative errors or outdated income information can also lead to incorrect withholding amounts, which may temporarily increase what's taken until corrected.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Crypto apps like Coinbase have begun to diversify into non-crypto assets, and more traditional retail finance apps like Robinhood have begun to dip their toes into areas like tokenized stocks.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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People are in the right conditions, so meetings are more meaningful than in a traditional market where everything is back-to-back.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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So yes, in an age when many shows are trying to get out yearly like in the olden days of TV, Pluribus isn’t even starting filming for that length of time.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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In the olden days, a stand-up comedy fan might think to watch two or three specials a year.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 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 6 May. 2026.
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