as in fogy
a person or thing that is similar to someone or something from the past or that is suited to an earlier time
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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
Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026
What’s especially delightful about this is that to see a truly camp film at all feels like a throwback.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
But what do all these feel-good throwbacks add up to?
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Bella Hadid is continuing her bangs era—this time with a different throwback twist.
—Mykenna Maniece, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2026
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Noun
When the core cast of Bridesmaids reunited onstage during the Oscars last night (perhaps inspired by VF's own recent throwback?
—Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026
What’s especially delightful about this is that to see a truly camp film at all feels like a throwback.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
But what do all these feel-good throwbacks add up to?
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Bella Hadid is continuing her bangs era—this time with a different throwback twist.
—Mykenna Maniece, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwback
Noun
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Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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During the 10 month time jump between season one and season two, Langdon went to rehab and has been working The 12 Steps in order to return the Pitt, including making amends with the people he's harmed.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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The biggest news of the offseason — besides the signing of Auburn WR Cam Coleman — was the left tackle returning for another season.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Guests can bring fossils for identification.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Guests can do dinosaur-fossil digs, go horseback riding, spend a day on nearby Lake Powell, hike the slot canyons, learn candle and pottery making, and watch a Navajo hoop dance performed by a world-championship contender.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The team with the worst record can fall no lower than fifth in the draft while the team with the fourth-worst record can fall as far as eighth.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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Midway through the third quarter, Ralston Valley pushed the ball in transition with the Jaguars falling slightly out of control.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yet many of the old-timers and young tech workers who live here seem to have accepted the coming changes as an unavoidable reality of California’s deepening housing crisis.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The movie is all about old-timers, and it’s filled with real old-timers.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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One person sustained minor injuries but declined hospitalization.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Over the next 25 years, East Asia, Europe, and Russia will all experience significant population declines.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the Seventies, he was mocked as a Vegas has-been in a jumpsuit; in the Eighties, as a cultural colonizer.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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When her estranged daughter unexpectedly moves into their crumbling Manhattan townhouse, the TV has-been is confronted with the one role she’s spent her entire life avoiding: motherhood.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Floaters are most common in people over age 50 because that’s when the vitreous gel typically begins to degenerate, a process called vitreous syneresis, Starr said.—
Cathy Nelson,
Health,
13 Mar. 2026
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In 1975, this kind of systemic indictment of how oligarchy degenerates into inhumanity seemed like the project of an avant-garde director determined to push the limits of the audience’s tastes and tolerance.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Throwback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwback. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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