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as in vintage
pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time
an elegant, old-fashioned bun that was held in place with pearl hairpins
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as in traditional
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
I'm so old-fashioned that I actually think people should use standard grammar and punctuation when composing e-mails
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Recent Examples of old-fashioned
But beneath it all is something rare: an almost old-fashioned earnestness.
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Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Both Oi and Gray say the use of good, old-fashioned fly swatters is best.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
Its bitter flavor and association with old-fashioned meals may contribute to its enduring unpopularity.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Oct. 2025
The food truck scene is robust, too: The Picnic offers a wide variety of eats and clean restrooms, while for dessert, Big Top Candy Shop on South Congress Avenue will satisfy your sweet tooth with a huge selection of confections and an old-fashioned soda fountain.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Both Oi and Gray say the use of good, old-fashioned fly swatters is best.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
Its bitter flavor and association with old-fashioned meals may contribute to its enduring unpopularity.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Oct. 2025
The food truck scene is robust, too: The Picnic offers a wide variety of eats and clean restrooms, while for dessert, Big Top Candy Shop on South Congress Avenue will satisfy your sweet tooth with a huge selection of confections and an old-fashioned soda fountain.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old-fashioned
Adjective
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Estate sales, yard sales, and connections with rag houses form the backbone of Low Timers’ vintage ecosystem.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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The captain met us on the dock of The Asticou’s sibling hotel, The Claremont in Southwest Harbor, where the properties share a pair of vintage vessels.—
Sarah Bruning,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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Other times, the mob leaned on more traditional crime tactics — robbery, extortion and assault, including a punch to one victim’s face — to force the card players to pay.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Tight ends fiercely preserve their own history and the nuances of their position, preferring peer-to-peer coaching to more traditional coach/player dynamics.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Historic Delaware Hotel With its antique furnishings, wooden floors, and charming quirks, the colorful Historic Delaware Hotel is brimming with old-world character that feels evocative of Leadville’s silver boom days.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
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The object – which resembles an antique dumpster – was found by accident, nearly 90 feet down in the Tennessee River, according to the Tennessee Valley Authority.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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In the years since that race, Gaines has established herself as an unofficial face of conservative attacks on the NCAA, joining a March 2024 lawsuit accusing the association of violating Title IX by allowing trans athletes to compete.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
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Trump, on the 2024 campaign trail, repeatedly downplayed ties to the controversial conservative playbook Project 2025, but now many of his second-term Administration’s policies mirror it.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Wear neutral clothes underneath, and use face paint or markers to draw a digital mouth or screen for an instant retro robot.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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A couple of hundred pounds lighter than the last car to wear an Alpine badge, the A110 is a retro remake that actually works.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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An ultra-orthodox school sat adjacent to the library, and its staff supplied the settlers with sleeping mats and air conditioning for the long night.—
Ryan Byrnes,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Vatican said Leo will travel to the town of Iznik, modern day Nicaea, for the anniversary and while in Turkey is expected to meet Ecumenical Patriarch Batholomew, the spiritual leader of the approximately 300 million Eastern orthodox Christians.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Both are now antiquated relics to be housed, and studied, in a museum.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Oct. 2025
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That outlook feels askew and antiquated.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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Personal remembrance becomes interwoven with political fiction, historical fact, and mythological distortion in the flood of stories that customarily follows a war.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Confederate statues should be placed in museums as historical artifacts, not remain in parks or other locations that imply honor.—
NPR,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Old-fashioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old-fashioned. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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