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old hat

adjective

Definition of old hatnext
as in historical

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Recent Examples of old hat The Bruins and Longhorns may seem like old hat now, having spent the entire season favored to return to the Final Four, but before last season, neither had made it to a national semifinal since 1987 (even earlier for UCLA). — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Dinner reservations for Valentine’s Day are old hat, but dinner reservations inside of a water park? — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2026 Another Wicked musical performance might feel old hat. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025 Selling out a concert on one of the hottest, stickiest nights of the summer is old hat for Whiskey Myers. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for old hat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old hat
  1. historical
  2. historic
  3. outmoded
  4. out-of-date
  5. outdated
  6. traditional
  7. olden
  8. outworn
Adjective
  • As the name reflected, the museum contained duelling missions from the start, showcasing American technological advances and telling a more general historical story.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Artists from various musical genres are coming together to take part in a new music project inspired by the series The Chosen, a historical drama based on the life and ministry of Jesus.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of historical
Adjective
  • Because of this historic nature of the hotel, even rooms in the same class can vary in size.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The town of Oak Bluffs will be celebrated in Love on the Vineyard as one of America’s most historic Black communities.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of historic
Adjective
  • Personally, this idea that the woke nonsense is just an outmoded relic of the past is ridiculous.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026
  • If outmoded office buildings end up becoming once again viable as office buildings, Berman’s thesis could end up becoming a casualty of its own transformational success.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Definition of outmoded
Adjective
  • There are glimmers of success in almost every advanced country, including the United States, at agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service, which has finally begun to modernize its woefully out-of-date technology.
    — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Because the whiskey selection is ever changing, the menu is notoriously out-of-date.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of out-of-date
Adjective
  • That’s when outdated infrastructure becomes more than a technical problem.
    — James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Books can also be removed as part of a regular selection process in which a media specialist can decide to remove them if they are outdated, rarely circulated or no longer relevant to the curriculum.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of outdated
Adjective
  • This blacklight flashlight uses a 395nm wavelength to detect what the naked eye—or a traditional flashlight—cannot.
    — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In traditional Han folklore, the baiji was the Goddess of the Yangtze.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of traditional
Adjective
  • Cruise also can’t stop bringing up his Tropic Thunder character Les Grossman, who does seem to bare some similarities to Digger in that both are prosthetics-laden olden men with bombastic personalities.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Remember the olden days of yesteryear when winning the division was a huge deal?
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of olden
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of outworn

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“Old hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20hat. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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