as in establishment
the usually older members of an organization (such as a political party) who do not want or like change
She's not popular with the old guard.
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Traditionally, old guard banks have held enormous influence in D.C., spawning nicknames like Government Sachs.
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Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Rice, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound, 22-year-old guard from Henderson, North Carolina, has three years of collegiate eligibility remaining.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
Since most of the agency’s old guard departed in a flurry of resignations more than a year ago, SANDAG’s new leaders have moved to make many of the outstanding reforms called for by auditors, a new report finds.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
This old guard finds political solutions unpleasantly radical.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Rice, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound, 22-year-old guard from Henderson, North Carolina, has three years of collegiate eligibility remaining.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
Since most of the agency’s old guard departed in a flurry of resignations more than a year ago, SANDAG’s new leaders have moved to make many of the outstanding reforms called for by auditors, a new report finds.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
This old guard finds political solutions unpleasantly radical.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old guard
establishment
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For decades, these establishments have been the places where families gathered after ballgames, where road trips stopped for pancakes, and where Main Street found an affordable night out.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Karki has spent much of her career within the very establishment the youth are protesting against, yet her reputation as a fearless and incorruptible jurist has appealed to many young people in the country of 30 million.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Old guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20guard. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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