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Examples of age-old in a Sentence
age-old customs and beliefs
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To try to offset that, there are recommendations for EU stakeholders and member states to expedite collaboration and transparency, as a way to deal with the age-old problem of knockoffs.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit was one of the streamer’s biggest hits of 2020, as millions around the world lapped up the drama and turned to the age-old pastime to keep themselves going as lockdown rumbled on.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
Following Truth Terminal’s obsessive tweeting about the age-old Goatse meme, someone inevitably launched a $GOAT memecoin.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Restarting your router regularly sounds like an extension of the age-old pseudo-solution to everything digital: Reboot it.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1860, in the meaning defined above
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“Age-old.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age-old. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
age-old
adjectiveˈa-ˈjōld
: having existed for ages : ancient
an age-old story
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