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Recent Examples of old-line Among the festival organizers, Yarrow was an advocate for the topical songwriting and contemporary sounds that some old-line folk aficionados resisted. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 Among the festival organizers, Yarrow was an advocate for the topical songwriting and contemporary sounds that some old-line folk aficionados resisted. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 Her main opponent is expected to be Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia), 74, who is considered a more mainstream, old-line Democratic figure. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024 On the other hand, the old-line producers knew how to tap into the classic novels of Dickens or Steinbeck to spin out great stories with legendary stars. Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024 Overall, the result was a success story that old-line competitors couldn’t match. Bhopi Dhall and Saurajit Kanungo, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 And without these old-line agencies bleeding taxpayers dry, New York will have funds to put these better alternatives in place. Richard Wexler, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024 Renowned for ancient churches and the tomb of Dante, the 14th-century poet, the city of Ravenna and its environs along Italy’s Adriatic coast are also home to old-line industries like steel and fertilizer. Stanley Reed, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024 Trump would also face a Congress less inclined to impose such constraints, having established ideological mastery of the Republican Party, whose old-line elites can no longer claim that his agenda is aberrant and must be resisted. Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old-line
Adjective
  • To stay competitive as water stress deepens across traditional and emerging production regions, the industry must decouple manufacturing from water use.
    Ken Katz, Sourcing Journal, 5 May 2025
  • For him, achieving a red carpet-worthy look is about doing your research, diving into traditional braid styles for different ceremonies, and giving credit to where that inspiration came from.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 May 2025
Adjective
  • In early April, House Speaker Mike Johnson huddled with a handful of conservative hardliners as the fate of President Donald Trump's most important second-term bill hung in the balance.
    Riley Beggin, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • But the Trump administration’s refugee program only offers relocation to Afrikaners, who are largely seen as holding conservative and Christian values that might align with the politics of the Trump administration.
    Gerald Imray, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • But there should be no such wall—even in the most orthodox capitalist system.
    Paul Laudicina, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Historian William Dalrymple traces the current sectarian divisions to the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb, who shattered the empire’s religious pluralism by trying to impose orthodox Islam on the populace.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Old-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old-line. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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