old news

noun

: something or someone not new or exciting any more
That band is old news.

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Being patient and supportive now will strengthen your bond once the wedding frenzy is old news. Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025 The Colombia spat was practically old news 24 hours later, when Trump rattled the government by directing a widespread pause of federal loans and grants. Brett Samuels, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025 Diddy himself only found out about his father’s grisly end when a search for Melvin’s name in the Howard University library turned up an old news report about the incident in the New York Amsterdam News. airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024 Instead, Broadcom is reporting flat QoQ AI revenue with the 200% year-over-year number being old news (Broadcom had guided for $12B in AI revenue in Q3 and only marginally beat that figure). Beth Kindig, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for old news 

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“Old news.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20news. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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