as in fogey
a person or thing that is similar to someone or something from the past or that is suited to an earlier time
—usually + to
She's a throwback to the actresses of the 1950s. The band's music is a throwback to the 1980s.
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Recent Examples of throwback
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
Bronte worked as a shopgirl at Mooney’s bookshop while Joe was restoring it (a throwback to season 1) and seemingly fell in love with him while trying to expose him for the murder of Beck, the first love interest and obsession of Joe’s from that season.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025
Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025
With each time warp, he’s thrown back further and further into the bodies of his most influential ancestors.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Up next is the 72 Club, which feels like a throwback to Miami’s mid-century social clubs.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
Bronte worked as a shopgirl at Mooney’s bookshop while Joe was restoring it (a throwback to season 1) and seemingly fell in love with him while trying to expose him for the murder of Beck, the first love interest and obsession of Joe’s from that season.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
Freeland covered home plate and was upended by Schwarber as Freeland tried to make the tag on a throw back to the plate from Toglia.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025
With each time warp, he’s thrown back further and further into the bodies of his most influential ancestors.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwback
Verb
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Players returning from the 2024-25 roster are: Flory Bidunga, Elmarko Jackson, Jamari McDowell and Noah Shelby.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2025
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Even Benson’s former on-screen partner Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), who left the series in 2011, returned in 2021 as a recurring guest star.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.—
Alison Snyder,
Axios,
23 Feb. 2025
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
Verb
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More: Stocks fall, Dow down 800 points as bonds tank amid tax debate.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Long-term Treasuries fell further Thursday; and yields, which trade in opposite direction to prices, continued to surge.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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The Organoid Company is creating a T-Rex protein by using fragments of the T-Rex collagen protein from fossils, the companies said in a statement to USA TODAY.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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The museum hosts part of Bravo’s personal collection, including priceless antiques from Mali, Japan and Morocco, dinosaur fossils, and paintings by Francis Bacon.—
Carlotta Dotto,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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While the cost of groceries, on average, declined, the report found the price of dining out got more expensive and is up about 4% from the past year.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Rea had become a free agent when the Brewers declined their $5.5 million option for this year, deciding to instead pay him a $1 million buyout.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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More deals may or may not emerge – old-timer Mediacom is still operating independently - but none may ever again represent a real realignment in the cable world.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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That puts him in league with ornery old-timers being refused entry into supermarkets, where customers queue outside, standing six feet apart.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Their chat degenerates into an argument, and Émilie storms off.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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But season one degenerated into self-indulgent performance art when Fielder chose to place himself at the center of the action as part of an extended exploration of his readiness to be a parent.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sun-soaked, punk rock ’70s California, a fraught family safari in Africa, a frustrated has-been and a digital future portrayed in a PowerPoint presentation show how disparate lives can affect each other.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Her being nominated for playing a grotesque has-been is, at the very least, a delicious irony.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Throwback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwback. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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