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olden

adjective

Definition of olden

as in historical

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Recent Examples of olden Folk saints fill a void in a largely Catholic country where most saints, many with olden European roots, don’t always resonate. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 7 June 2026 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. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026 In those golden olden days, pop idols were thought of in the most hallowed terms possible. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 May 2026 One of the world’s largest exhibitions of olden literature is gathering more than a hundred booksellers from across the globe to share their choicest wares — rare tomes, illustrations, maps, historical documents and random ephemera guaranteed to level-up your bookshelf and walls. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for olden

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Meanwhile, in Bar Sur, regional maker Cata Flaño contributed a massive mixed-media mural combining watercolors with local peat, driftwood, and historical navigation charts marked at 55 degrees south.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Rudnitzky said historical developments, the impact of the Oslo Accords and the entry of new Arab representatives into the Knesset contributed to a gradual shift away from Jewish parties, with more Arab voters turning to Arab parties.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of historical

Adjective

Earlier this month, Mastercard and BVNK launched Global Money Platform, designed to help banks, fintechs and businesses manage payments involving traditional currencies and stablecoins through a single application programming interface.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
But Rodrigues believes technology can augment traditional teaching methods by examining how a student solves an algebra problem or structures a piece of writing and identifying learning gaps.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of traditional

Adjective

In September 2026 Huang and a few collaborators uploaded a proof that the historic equations represent a single case of a much grander geometrical theory.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Days out from the historic vote, the race also has become a new venue for the city’s infamously rough-and-tumble politics.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of historic

Adjective

According to firefighters, the department’s flood response was also limited by an antiquated dispatch system.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Plaintiffs challenging the prohibition on home distilling claim the 1868 law is an antiquated relic of Reconstruction-era politics.

— Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of antiquated

Adjective

Whether machines can make conventional money obsolete remains an open question.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Advertisement That prescription has rankled many cybersecurity experts who scoff at the possibility that their expertise will be rendered obsolete.

— Harry Booth, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of obsolete

Adjective

Maine didn’t have the typical music scenes of the Midwest or West Coast and his old-time hobby of busking felt moot with everyone cooped up inside their homes.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2026
The docent, red glasses in hand, slumps against the old-time cannon.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of old-time

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This tense aspect pushes us to evolve and strip away outmoded patterns, confronting our relationship with vulnerability, control, and fear.

— Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
The group is silent and still, reverently absorbing the mechanical chug of this nearly outmoded office machine like Hollywood Bowl-goers taking in Joshua Bell.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

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