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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Last week, brother-and-sister owners Eric Paden and Milisa Barrett posted a Facebook video of themselves unlocking the door of their restaurant’s new home, a vintage building on Locust Street.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026 -
Grab lunch at Goose Feathers Café, then spend the afternoon browsing Broughton Street for local boutiques, vintage shops and Leopold’s Ice Cream, open since 1919.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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Every element had been carefully considered, Tabitha noted, the suave austerity of the Wassily chairs orbited by antique rugs and estate-sale paintings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Ray Griffith, a Chesterton resident, said that the new fee would be unfair to him as the owner of trailers and antique cars.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The news comes courtesy of @zsneakerheadz and Sneaker Files, who report that the style will return in retro form along with other early 2000s styles.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
11 Apr. 2026
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To Kennard’s right, with his arm hanging around the then-teenager’s shoulder is James, donning what would now be seen as a retro Florida Marlins baseball cap.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2026
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At the root of the problem are both antiquated technology and staffing issues.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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These antiquated institutions barely provide heat in the winter and cannot cool down in the summer.—
Steve Zeidman,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported two separate Israeli strikes on two vehicles, one in the seafront town of Saadiyat and another on a coastal highway in neighboring Jiyeh, around 12 miles south of Beirut and outside Hezbollah's traditional strongholds.—
Tucker Reals,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Last December, the airline launched service between Van Nuys Airport (VNY) in Los Angeles and Kahului Airport (OGG) in Maui, offering a semi-private experience that sits somewhere between commercial first class and a traditional private jet.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2026
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Passover is not about a historical event but about a metaphoric explication of an ideal.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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And there are historical parallels.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
12 Apr. 2026
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Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called on Iran and the United States to keep their commitment to maintain a ceasefire, after both countries ended historic face-to-face talks without an agreement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The astronauts snapped thousands of photos during their historic pass around the moon, shot video and recorded their personal observations to give researchers insights based on the color sensitivity of the human eye.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Oldfangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oldfangled. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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