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Recent Examples of old hat
This sort of performance is old hat for American women.
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Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 June 2025
June 14 The Music of John Williams with the Colorado Symphony
Live orchestral scores set to film (or films) are old hat, but the choice of venue here shows the enduring power of John Williams’ music.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2025
All that gnashing and suckling is old hat — as old as the burgundy fedora Jordan slips on when playing the more jovial of these brothers in arms.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Being at the Oscars is old hat for Elton, but still a new experience for you, Brandi.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 June 2025
June 14 The Music of John Williams with the Colorado Symphony
Live orchestral scores set to film (or films) are old hat, but the choice of venue here shows the enduring power of John Williams’ music.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2025
All that gnashing and suckling is old hat — as old as the burgundy fedora Jordan slips on when playing the more jovial of these brothers in arms.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Being at the Oscars is old hat for Elton, but still a new experience for you, Brandi.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old hat
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Kartal, who was born in 2001, was wearing a boxy outfit inspired by the nineties, one of her favorite historical periods.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
12 July 2025
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Nearly every episode of this podcast from the Washington Post is under 10 minutes, delivering a digestible overview of an obscure or long-forgotten historical episode.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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And, in contrast, the percentage holding a positive view of immigration has soared to a historic high.—
Brendan Rascius
July 11,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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July 13, 1980: As part of a historic heat wave, temperatures reached 108 at Little Rock while Beedeville (Jackson County) topped out at a scorching 112. July 14, 1954: Forest fires burned thousands of acres of timberland as the result of an extended heat wave combined with low humidity and no rain.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Slow and costly interconnection processes and outmoded grid planning can prevent meaningful progress.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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What all of this costs the networks and cable news outlets is surely sizable; what’s produced is beholden to the many limitations or traditions of TV news: outmoded news segment formats, restrictive standards.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Oftentimes, on-sale, co-op, or conservation-organization seed are actually out-of-date seed that can’t be sold at full price.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
26 June 2025
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Worse, even knowledge that’s current when written can immediately start to go stale and out-of-date as the business evolves.—
Kevin Novak,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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The waters off Imperial Beach are contaminated with sewage and other toxic chemicals that spill over from Mexico due to its insufficient and outdated wastewater treatment system.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Keep your software updated Cybercriminals exploit outdated software to install malware or steal your data.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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From puberty to post-menopause, hormones significantly impact women's health experiences—yet they're often dismissed, misunderstood, or inadequately addressed in traditional healthcare settings.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 July 2025
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Jensen said Greenlanders first started making popular music that wasn't traditional Inuit music in the 1970s.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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In the olden days, before streaming, the end of May would mark a critical period in which studios would order new shows.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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The problem was, in the olden times before 2010, there weren’t many appealing at-home entertainment options beyond cable TV.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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With his understanding of and affection for the hardy inhabitants of the mountainous American West, Walker-Silverman brings a new and tender radiance to the idea of regional filmmaking, along with an awareness of outworn stereotypes.—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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This was not a forgone conclusion at the time; indeed, during the 1930s, democracy was widely viewed as an outworn political form.—
Taeku Lee,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2013
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“Old hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20hat. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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