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
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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
Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
Maybe that's why Harris' speech, while fiery in its own way, felt like a throwback, a last gasp of normalcy.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Peter Greene, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Areas only just recovering from Hurricane Helene were thrown back into chaos.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
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Noun
But for the newest player on the block, Prime Video, there was a striking amount of throwback.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
Maybe that's why Harris' speech, while fiery in its own way, felt like a throwback, a last gasp of normalcy.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
This case will likely have few repercussions outside of New Hampshire, but to be thrown back to pre-Claremont funding may prove catastrophic for some public schools.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Areas only just recovering from Hurricane Helene were thrown back into chaos.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwback
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Plenty of tried and true tropes return this year: a woman moves to Europe to become a chocolatier and falls in love, a prince falls in love with a commoner, an American inherits an English manor and falls in love with a local.Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
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The ranking is based on earnings growth, sales growth, return on equity and total stock return over the last five years, with more weight given to the last 12 months of data.Hank Tucker, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
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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
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During Hurricane Milton, 30 water mains in St. Petersburg, Florida, broke, mainly due to falling trees.Micheline Maynard, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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With falling costs, tags and sensors will drive intelligent networks across homes and industries, creating connected ecosystems far beyond those achieved to date by devices like Apple’s AirTag.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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National Geographic Rock Collection Advent Calendar 2024 National Geographic offers an option that’s both fun and educational with a selection of colorful rocks, minerals, and fossils.Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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Using Parasaurolophus fossils, researcher Hongjun Lin from New York University created a model of the extinct giant’s signature head crest.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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Krager declined to specify the nature or severity of the injury at the time.Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Prosecutors declined to press charges against Mangum for making false allegations.Jenna West, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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Which is maybe closer to what some of the neighborhood’s old-timers loved about it to begin with.Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Dec. 2024
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That’s partly thanks to Harrison Ford and Neil Flynn’s easy old-timer chemistry.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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The storm is expected to degenerate into a remnant low by early Tuesday and causes no threat to land.Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
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Patty could degenerate into a post-tropical cyclone by late Sunday.Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Nov. 2024
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Roy isn’t as indelible a character as Crash Davis — likewise, Tin Cup isn’t as memorable as Bull Durham — but playing a stubborn has-been who used to be a promising golfer allowed Costner to flex his ordinary-man muscles.Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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Paul Tassi Time for the week’s first mini which involved a somewhat has-been comedian, cats and no real overarching theme this time around.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Throwback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwback. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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