as in ancient
dating or surviving from the distant past
age-old customs and beliefs
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Recent Examples of age-old
All the commotion has highlighted an age-old question in Scotland: How much land is too much?
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Robert Ormerod, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Using an age-old method, Krug sources grapes from 120 plots across the region to create each year’s edition, blending their juices with wines from up to 10 vintages.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2025
In his first month, Trump performed a pirouette in foreign policy, disavowing the age-old commitment to defend fellow NATO members if they are attacked, reaching out to Russia and suspending most U.S. foreign aid.
—Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
Some are succeeding, but many more have failed by trying to radically rethink the simple, age-old task of getting stuff from one place to another.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 22 Feb. 2025
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Robert Ormerod, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Using an age-old method, Krug sources grapes from 120 plots across the region to create each year’s edition, blending their juices with wines from up to 10 vintages.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2025
In his first month, Trump performed a pirouette in foreign policy, disavowing the age-old commitment to defend fellow NATO members if they are attacked, reaching out to Russia and suspending most U.S. foreign aid.
—Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
Some are succeeding, but many more have failed by trying to radically rethink the simple, age-old task of getting stuff from one place to another.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age-old
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From summiting Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji to trekking through Madeira’s mystical, ancient Fanal Forest, my love for hiking has taken me across the globe.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Mar. 2025
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Thus, the team concluded that the late Devonian and late Ordovician extinction events, which respectively took place some 372 and 445 million years ago, were likely caused by such ancient supernovae.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Dolphins venerable veteran Calais Campbell told an NFL reporter that he was also detained while trying to deescalate the situation.—
David J. Neal and,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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The movie’s exotic title is the name of a peculiar and venerable pitch, a high-arcing floater that seems easy to hit but instead may tantalize batters.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were the only players to hit that mark at 28 years old.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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In the Pig universe, which has now been running for two decades, George remains two years old and Peppa two years older.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
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Covilhã, Portugal Built within medieval fortified walls, included in Portugal's Historical village route, Covilhã is located in central Portugal at an altitude of 2,359 feet.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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One image shows God Doom holding court in his white robes, while another shows Hulk in what appears to be a medieval version of Battleworld's Greenland - in the comics, Greenland is made up of warring tribes of green, red, and gray Hulks.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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