old-line
adjective
1
a
: having a reputation or authority based on length or proven quality of service
an old-line firm
b
: of established prestige and influence
old-line families
2
: adhering to traditional policies or practices : conservative
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Examples of old-line in a Sentence
an old-line professor who still taught as if it were 1930
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On the other hand, the old-line producers knew how to tap into the classic novels of Dickens or Steinbeck to spin out great stories with legendary stars.
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
Overall, the result was a success story that old-line competitors couldn’t match.
—Bhopi Dhall and Saurajit Kanungo, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
And without these old-line agencies bleeding taxpayers dry, New York will have funds to put these better alternatives in place.
—Richard Wexler, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
Renowned for ancient churches and the tomb of Dante, the 14th-century poet, the city of Ravenna and its environs along Italy’s Adriatic coast are also home to old-line industries like steel and fertilizer.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Trump would also face a Congress less inclined to impose such constraints, having established ideological mastery of the Republican Party, whose old-line elites can no longer claim that his agenda is aberrant and must be resisted.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
Of course, if old-line insurers have an awful year in cyber, other parts of their business could provide a cushion.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
In the early nineteenth century, old-line Southern élites, who profited from slavery and from exports of cotton, faced competition from Northern élites, who made their money in mining, railroads, and steel.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Initially, the old-line studios refused to license their wares to Netflix, invoking the specter of digital piracy.
—Peter Biskind, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2023
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
Overall, the result was a success story that old-line competitors couldn’t match.
—Bhopi Dhall and Saurajit Kanungo, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
And without these old-line agencies bleeding taxpayers dry, New York will have funds to put these better alternatives in place.
—Richard Wexler, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
Renowned for ancient churches and the tomb of Dante, the 14th-century poet, the city of Ravenna and its environs along Italy’s Adriatic coast are also home to old-line industries like steel and fertilizer.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Trump would also face a Congress less inclined to impose such constraints, having established ideological mastery of the Republican Party, whose old-line elites can no longer claim that his agenda is aberrant and must be resisted.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
Of course, if old-line insurers have an awful year in cyber, other parts of their business could provide a cushion.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
In the early nineteenth century, old-line Southern élites, who profited from slavery and from exports of cotton, faced competition from Northern élites, who made their money in mining, railroads, and steel.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Initially, the old-line studios refused to license their wares to Netflix, invoking the specter of digital piracy.
—Peter Biskind, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2023
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“Old-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-line. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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