as in ancient
dating or surviving from the distant past
age-old customs and beliefs
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Recent Examples of age-old
Starring Rachel Zegler in the title role opposite Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, Snow White is a modern retelling of the age-old story.
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Familiarity may still go about its age-old business of breeding contempt, but this era of college hoops rarely allows for the emotional alchemy of yesteryear to kick in with any force.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The mountain is dotted with age-old shrines and temples, along with miles of hiking trails, and hanami parks.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2025
Take a Hot Shower Hanging wrinkly clothes in a steamy bathroom is an age-old trick.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Familiarity may still go about its age-old business of breeding contempt, but this era of college hoops rarely allows for the emotional alchemy of yesteryear to kick in with any force.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The mountain is dotted with age-old shrines and temples, along with miles of hiking trails, and hanami parks.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2025
Take a Hot Shower Hanging wrinkly clothes in a steamy bathroom is an age-old trick.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age-old
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The company decided on the dire wolf for two main reasons: their ancient DNA was available, and they can safely be born using a surrogate.—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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The dire wolf genome analyzed to determine what those changes were was extracted from two ancient samples—one a 13,000-year-old tooth found in Sheridan Pit, Ohio, the other a 72,000-year-old ear bone unearthed in American Falls, Idaho.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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The 27 Project Kuiper satellites will comprise the heaviest payload that the venerable Atlas V has ever flown, according to Amazon.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Note: If those prices are too steep, Arlington’s venerable Bigotes Restaurant is 1½ miles south off Stadium Drive.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2025
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Desk calendar Your old phone can be repurposed as your personal calendar.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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My father, Mila’s grandfather, after whom she is named, was five years old at the time.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Not medieval Spain, but as recently as the 1980s in the Soviet Union.—
Olga & Igor Alterman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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Sonja Drimmer is an associate professor of medieval art and architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of The Art of Allusion: Illuminators and the Making of English Literature, 1403–1476 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018). NOTES 1.—
Sonja Drimmer,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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