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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.
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Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
Many business leaders continue to practice old hat tricks from the dark ages.
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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.
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Air Mail,
9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for old hat
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
See All Example Sentences for old hat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old hat
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The calendar includes America's Block Party events, festivals, historical programs, exhibits and community gatherings scheduled across the country.
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This was a historical diagnosis for deaths attributed to old age in the early 1900s.
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The historic 1920s tower that once housed the beloved Ace Hotel is entering a new era just in time for the summer.
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As a potentially historic heat wave hits Philadelphia, many fans made cooling off their first priority during Wednesday's Phillies game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Citizens Bank Park.
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Such discussions often uncover resident sentiments about equipment deemed outmoded, unrealized expectations and inconvenient access.
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Their outmoded style, with its seriousness and corniness, its big acting choices and low budgets, is basically impossible to recreate without falling into parody.
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Preckwinkle's team first tackled the out-of-date property tax system by hiring Tyler Technologies under a $30 million dollar contract to upgrade the county's property tax system.
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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.
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Families are still receiving outdated information and, in some cases, being counseled as though there is only one reasonable path forward.
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Ensure middle-management effectiveness and roles are clearly defined, and regularly audit business processes to eliminate outdated or ineffective ones.
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But the shift underscores a dramatic loss of clout by Comcast and other traditional media enterprises.
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While the crowds spent their money on an overheated summer in the Mediterranean, a quieter group is waiting patiently for September, October and November, the traditional shoulder season.
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Folk saints fill a void in a largely Catholic country where most saints, many with olden European roots, don’t always resonate.
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In the olden days, when the United States did summit meetings with the Soviet Union, there was a fundamental reason for that, which is, one of the things that the United States wanted from the Soviet Union was arms control.
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Setting recent works among older ones is an effective element of LACMA’s overall plan to shed outworn hierarchies.
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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.
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“Old hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20hat. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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