throwback 1 of 2

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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throw back

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Recent Examples of throwback
Noun
Your stories are something of a throwback to an old tradition of newspapers publishing fiction. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024 That’s a throwback, too, to the bawdy times of season one, briefly glimpsed on the shabby screen in the vampires’ makeshift home theater at the end-end (as opposed to the parody end, or the end for the cameras) of the series. Katie Rife, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
For example, while one person might experience headaches and vomiting after just one drink, another might throw back whiskey gingers all night and wake up feeling tired but otherwise unscathed. Andee Tagle, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024 Texas went ahead to stay when Ewers rolled to his right, then threw back left to Gunnar Helm for a 7-yard TD early in the second quarter for a 7-3 lead. Chantz Martin, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for throwback 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwback
Verb
  • Israel has barred them and their descendants from returning, leaving millions of refugees in neighboring countries without citizenship or prospects for permanent resettlement.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Many who have returned home since the ceasefire began have found only mounds of rubble. —Magdy reported from Cairo and Krauss from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.
    Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Verb
  • More light rain fell periodically through the Bay Area on Monday, continuing a pattern that began Friday and ended a nearly month-long stretch without precipitation.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
  • In other words, in patients with Alzheimer's, the rising and falling of blood oxygen levels was fairly out of sync with the pulsing of the blood vessels that are supposed to deliver that blood to the brain.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In the fossil, the hard-to-digest bits of sea lily were encompassed in chalk.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
  • These types of fossils are known technically as regurgitalites.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Morris’ attorney, Lesa Pamplin, declined to comment Friday afternoon when the Star-Telegram contacted her by email.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
  • In a statement provided to The Star earlier this month, North Kansas City Hospital Chief Operating Officer Kerri Jenkins acknowledged the death and said the hospital was cooperating with authorities to investigate but declined to offer further information.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The first 110-mile segment, known to many old-timers as the Bobtail, was built in just 18 months at a cost of $62 million by a tough-as-nails former Fort Lauderdale mayor, Col. Thomas Manuel.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Audrey sees anybody new in the silo — plus some old-timers like Eater — as a drain on the dwindling food supplies.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Gordon weakened back to a tropical depression on Sept. 15 before degenerating into a trough of low pressure on Sept. 17.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • But, if Bardella is the ideal political son-in-law, Attal seemed to be dealing with degenerating family ties.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On-air remarks by a commentator working for the host broadcaster about Djokovic being overrated and a has-been caused a stir during Week 1 of the Australian Open.
    Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Boxing, it should be said, still exists, but these days a casual fan is more likely to see a YouTuber fight a has-been than an actual title fight.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025

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“Throwback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwback. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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