as in vintage
pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time
those big solid-iron phones are an oldfangled reminder of the time when you had to rent a phone from the telephone company
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oldfangled
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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,
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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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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
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
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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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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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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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The restoration aligns with federal responsibilities under historic-preservation law and recent executive orders to beautify the nation's capital and restore pre-existing statues.—
NPR,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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So said Matilde Ratti on a video call with WWD ahead of the celebrations that over the weekend marked the 80th anniversary of the historic Italian multibrand retailer bearing her surname.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Oldfangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oldfangled. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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