old hat

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Recent Examples of old hat In a media space crowded with real estate fare, Owning Manhattan promises to be a breath of rarefied fresh air, with one old hat in the center of it all. Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The list is old hat by now: centralization, surveillance, information control. Meredith Whittaker, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024 If this trend was passing you by, have a look next season to see what clubs are doing and how everyone adapts when novel ideas become old hat. Phil Hay, The Athletic, 23 July 2024 But ultimately, this whole day was old hat for Whoopi, who already got to meet Pope Francis on her own last year. Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for old hat 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old hat
Adjective
  • The filmmaker is already developing several new projects exploring different periods in Chinese history, continuing her interest in finding contemporary answers through historical examination.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Companies can make immersive replicas of historical sites or cultural experiences, charging fees for virtual tours, education or events.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • One factor that has been holding back the cash rate’s descent has been the strength of the labor market, with unemployment rate hovering near a historic low level of 4.0% in December.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Thierry can be a little cynical about historic buildings in this country compared to the centuries-old architecture in his native France, but he was fascinated by Savannah’s urban planning and construction.
    Frances MacDougall, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Replacing outmoded pipes with modern materials aligns with public policy and is the right thing to do for our customers and the environment.
    Jessica Babb, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The better, more-daring version of Get Hard would scuttle political correctness, gay panic, and outmoded ideas about what constitutes masculinity.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Turing’s lecture notes are in effect a textbook, terse and selective, on advanced math for circuit engineers, although now very out-of-date, of course.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The medical research literature is filled with promising-looking ideas that never panned out, and out-of-date treatments and tests that have been replaced by approaches more solidly based on evidence.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite these findings, the EPA ignored them in announcing the recent two-year progress report, which used outdated reductions.
    Gerald Winegrad, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Expanding outdated, polluting infrastructure exacerbates climate change and threatens our future.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • One big hope is that increased physical play makes Sweden more competitive at the international level against traditional hockey powers like the United States, Canada and Finland.
    Steve Douglas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The includes the open banking rule, which has generally been well received by fintech players but opposed by traditional banks. CFPB finalized the rule at the end of 2024, with large depository institutions required to comply by April 2026.
    Lucinda Shen, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Photograph: Getty Images In olden times, people dug holes in the ground to look for gold.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Countless Americans could die or experience paralysis, just like in the olden days before the vaccine.
    Michael B. Teiger, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • With his understanding of and affection for the hardy inhabitants of the mountainous American West, Walker-Silverman brings a new and tender radiance to the idea of regional filmmaking, along with an awareness of outworn stereotypes.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • 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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“Old hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20hat. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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