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• Then, there are those who argue: Game Freak is way behind the times!
  — Jhaan Elker, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
• To those who saw the church as behind the times, Benedict was Exhibit A.
  — Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• Sony seems more complacent and behind the times these days, pushing for $70 games in the face of Game Pass.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Apr. 2021
• These moves are notable in the context of an industry that has sometimes lagged behind the times.
  — Rory Satran, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2023
• Indeed, there are plenty of places where the feds’ guidance will likely be welcome—and maybe even behind the times.
  — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 27 Jan. 2022
• So maybe the lack of nods is a sign of progress from an organization that has been accused of being behind the times?
  — Brian Tallerico, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021
• The Ministry of Employment and Labor said in a statement that law had fallen behind the times.
  — Fox News, 20 Jan. 2023
• Since winning their last World Series title in 1983, the Orioles have in many ways been badly behind the times.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 14 June 2021
• Still, Östlund seems to be operating on an early-2000s critique of that sector — which is fine, but a bit behind the times.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 May 2022
• The report also touches on why, despite all the pleas to rethink policing, training remains behind the times in many places.
  — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022
• The interior design is a bit behind the times as well, having not changed in many years with only slight modifications to things like the air vents.
  — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• But that speculation may be behind the times: In recent months, Haley has become more critical of Trump.
  — Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
• If nothing else, Djokovic’s likely exile from Australia and the first major of the tennis season is a sign that while the calendar has turned over, some athletes will insist on remaining behind the times.
  — oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2022
• Proponents pushing for the bipartisan bill said that Connecticut is behind the times when compared to most other states and needs to make better provisions for voters headed to the polls.
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 11 Jan. 2022
• But with the romantic comedies Fire Island (which includes multiple gay orgies) and Bros (which has butts in the trailer) out, these stoic period dramas are falling behind the times.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 June 2022
• My colleague Weifeng Zhong recently wrote about how the US intelligence model is dangerously behind the times.
  — Christine McDaniel, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• The pandemic highlighted just how behind the times wineries have been in developing e-commerce businesses.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 May 2021
• But chief strategy and technology officer David Almeida says that until recently, the world's biggest beermaker — founded in the mid-19th century — was a low-tech business at risk of being left behind the times.
  — Sandy Thin, CNN, 4 May 2021
• Musk’s letter to Tesla executives looks decidedly behind the times.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 1 June 2022
• Dunham’s movie tries to put an empowering feminist spin on it, which doesn’t feel disingenuous so much as trite, uncharacteristically behind the times.
  — Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 29 July 2022
• This old guard not only includes large corporations that remain behind the times technologically but also hundreds of thousands of moribund small and medium enterprises.
  — Richard Katz, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2024
• Organizations that have any hesitancy around deploying EPYC are organizations that are behind the times.
  — Matt Kimball, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024