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
W. James Antle Iii,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2026
This film almost feels like a throwback to the ‘90s, in a refreshing way.
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Marlow Stern,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Anker Soundcore Boom 2 Deal While there are plenty of outdoor speaker options, the Anker Boom 2 offers a nice throwback aesthetic with a boombox handle and rectangular design.
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Carlos Mejia,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
The throwback shoes complemented her distressed jeans while, of course, looking very cool.
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Kaelin Dodge,
InStyle,
25 June 2026
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Noun
Democrats may be looking at a different kind of red wave this year based on Tuesday night’s primary results, a throwback to when the color red signified not the Republican Party, but socialism.
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W. James Antle Iii,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2026
This film almost feels like a throwback to the ‘90s, in a refreshing way.
—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Anker Soundcore Boom 2 Deal While there are plenty of outdoor speaker options, the Anker Boom 2 offers a nice throwback aesthetic with a boombox handle and rectangular design.
—
Carlos Mejia,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
The throwback shoes complemented her distressed jeans while, of course, looking very cool.
—
Kaelin Dodge,
InStyle,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwback
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There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne.
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For the benefit of us old fogies?
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Heft, who first joined KCRA as an intern in June 2018 and returned in June 2021, said the move brings her within about a two-hour drive of family.
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Officers returned gunfire, killing the suspect, whose name and age have not been released.
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Working with the British Antarctic Survey, Thomson was mapping the area's rock layers and collected marine reptile fossils to help with future dating efforts.
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Trends in recent decades point to an overall warming of average temperatures in winter as well as fall, spring and summer, from human activities such as fossil-fuel burning that release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
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So far, Milei has defended his Cabinet chief, even as the scandal damaged his government’s public image, constrained his political leverage in negotiations with allies and undermined his communication about spending cuts to Argentines scraping by on salaries that increasingly fall behind inflation.
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As opposed to the first film, where a good girl falls for a bad boy, the sequel turns the concept upside down, with Pfeiffer playing the bad girl who falls for a good boy.
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Designed with the needs of senior dogs in mind, this recipe helps keep beloved old-timers going strong.
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The old-timers try to stay in touch.
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With only a week of freedom under his belt, Cribbs said Powell is declining interviews for now, reentering the world with some trepidation.
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The Padres declined comment for this column.
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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.
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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.
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Macron’s highest aspirations to, as a modern Talleyrand, inject himself and solve global issues such as Ukraine, Africa’s Sahel, Syria, Lebanon, or Iran have fallen short, degenerated into petty feuds, or backfired.
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McFarland found the items inside a degenerating family trunk.
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