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Recent Examples of oldish
Most of us travelling correspondents were youngish reporters from oldish outlets, wearing blue button-downs and carrying notebooks in the back pockets of our Bonobos.
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Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Almost all were sort of oldish homes; this wasn’t an area with huge three-plus million dollar house.
—Ali MacGraw, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
Almost all were sort of oldish homes; this wasn’t an area with huge three-plus million dollar house.
—Ali MacGraw, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
There aren’t just new movies and shows, but an array of old (and oldish) classics.
—Don Steinberg and Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2020
The all-purpose reply is designed to disarm oldish people who dispense condescension dressed up as wisdom.
—Molly Roberts, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2019
Yet the disharmony of an uncertain transmission, cabin materials that are nice from a distance but not so refined under inspection and advanced safety technology that is effective amid an oldish infotainment system causes a disconnect.
—Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
The Upper East Side's legendary JG Melon is oldish (est.
—Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 16 Mar. 2017
Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Almost all were sort of oldish homes; this wasn’t an area with huge three-plus million dollar house.
—Ali MacGraw, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
Almost all were sort of oldish homes; this wasn’t an area with huge three-plus million dollar house.
—Ali MacGraw, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
There aren’t just new movies and shows, but an array of old (and oldish) classics.
—Don Steinberg and Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2020
The all-purpose reply is designed to disarm oldish people who dispense condescension dressed up as wisdom.
—Molly Roberts, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2019
Yet the disharmony of an uncertain transmission, cabin materials that are nice from a distance but not so refined under inspection and advanced safety technology that is effective amid an oldish infotainment system causes a disconnect.
—Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
The Upper East Side's legendary JG Melon is oldish (est.
—Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 16 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oldish
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Authorities were working to identify some of the victims, most of whom were elderly women.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2025
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An elderly Hawaii man has received a life sentence for raping and brutally killing a teenage girl in a case that went cold for four decades, authorities said.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed 20 years ago amid a scandal.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
8 May 2025
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Most recently, he executive produced and stars in an untitled series for Apple that centers on his Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill ex-pro golfer who hedges his bets on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom played by Peter Dager.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Over the 10 years of data the study analyzed, nearly 64% of small and rural counties had no geriatric physicians or nurse practitioners.—
Meg Cunningham,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2025
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Tilly, at 16, was considered geriatric for her species.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Of course, the new standard will be backward-compatible with Wi-Fi 6 devices, as well as older Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) ones.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2025
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Applicants must be 6 years or older as of the beginning of Oct. 4 to participate.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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QAnon was for senescent boomers; fashwave and Embrace Masculinity clips are millennial-coded.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2025
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If the cells were truly senescent, then the medications should both reduce the number of senescent cells and reverse many of the structural DNA changes and gene expression disruptions.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
9 Jan. 2022
Adjective
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That said, anti-Tesla sentiment has been growing due to CEO Elon Musk's involvement with the Trump administration as senior advisor to the president.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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The senior first baseman finally connected on his first homer of the season Thursday against Lake Park.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Grossman’s signature creation for the Martinez bar is an aged Negroni.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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Wines are then aged differentially—rosé and effervescent in steel, Sangiovese in large Slavonian oak casks, and Aglianico and Nero d’Avola in French oak barrels.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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The photo highlights the relative youth of human civilization by showing a 2,500-year-old temple that is ancient by the yardstick of human lives, alongside the 4.5 billion-year-old disk of Earth's moon, which has watched over humanity since our ancestors emerged from the oceans.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 May 2025
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Drive around the island and catch glimpses of past civilizations: ancient fig trees propped up by wooden crutches; centuries-old windmills that look like giant antique flyswatters; stone walls built by the Moors during the Middle Ages that somehow still look new.—
Julia Chaplin,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
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“Oldish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oldish. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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