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Recent Examples of old hat
For the average voter on either side of the political divide, however, the shock of seeing Trump at the defense table in a courtroom has become stunningly old hat.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
Of course, in authoritarian countries, such appeals are old hat.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
The bad news for those workers is that big cities are hardly old hat, and Moretti anticipates that they’re primed for a major comeback.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Even if hobnobbing with celebs is old hat to Swift, watching her boyfriend win the Super Bowl in overtime was still a thrill.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2024
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
Of course, in authoritarian countries, such appeals are old hat.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
The bad news for those workers is that big cities are hardly old hat, and Moretti anticipates that they’re primed for a major comeback.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Even if hobnobbing with celebs is old hat to Swift, watching her boyfriend win the Super Bowl in overtime was still a thrill.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2024
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The theory proposes that each generation should be considered a separate social group formed by specific historical events and social and cultural environments.Boris Abaev, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Science & Medicine What military doctors can teach us about power in the United States May 16, 2024 This effect was sparked by a historical fluke: a cluster of deaths of 27-year-old musicians within a two-year period.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The broad inability of liberals to understand Trump’s political appeal except in terms flattering to their beliefs is itself part of the explanation for his historic, and entirely avoidable, comeback.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Council District 1 race The district is an older and more historic area of the city with ties dating back to the Mormon pioneer times.Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Benioff previously compared Microsoft’s Copilot to the outmoded paperclip tool, Clippy.Chloe Berger, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
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The two ownership groups sought rezoning for the entire property because the old zoning fell under the city’s outmoded Chapter 59 zoning code first drafted in the 1950s.Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2024
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However, the interface looks a bit basic and out-of-date, especially compared with Mailchimp’s fresh, modern aesthetic.PCMAG, PCMAG, 22 Oct. 2024
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As a result, its out-of-date rules discourage work.Naveen Rao, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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If approved, an outdated charter section for a capital improvements fund would be deleted.Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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The finding also suggests that Hot Topic was storing the credit card details using its own outdated security protocols, rather than relying on a more secure third-party provider.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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That’s well away from most other deer — and hunters, who are focusing on better-looking ground with better traditional habitat hundreds of yards away.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Japan Times reported that the letters were carved into a wooden pillar of a traditional entrance, known as a torii gate, at the Meiji Shrine.Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The device features hundreds of sounds and samples from ye olden days, including lutes, hurdy-gurdies, and Gregorian chants.TIME Staff, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Yep, kids, in the olden days, parents had to lug around one of those to record home movies.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
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This was not a forgone conclusion at the time; indeed, during the 1930s, democracy was widely viewed as an outworn political form.Taeku Lee, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013
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Perhaps that’s the legacy of outworn stereotypes about corruption or a lack of the type of political will that’s brought more rapid changes to corporate governance and sustainable investing standards in, for example, some Nordic countries.Cassie Werber, Quartz, 7 June 2022
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