as in vintage
pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time
an old-time song that took the long-married couple back to when they were first dating
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Recent Examples of old-time
Listen to a Live Radio Show The historic Rex Theater welcomes local, regional, and national old-time musical acts.
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Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey host a night with old-time and modern performers.
—Mike Hughes, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
Students fill the living room with old-time bluegrass, a sound heard less and less in this changing community.
—Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
This is a vast overturning of the old-time natural language processing (NLP) that used to be stilted and awkward to use, which has been shifted into a new version of NLP fluency of an at times startling or amazing caliber.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey host a night with old-time and modern performers.
—Mike Hughes, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
Students fill the living room with old-time bluegrass, a sound heard less and less in this changing community.
—Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
This is a vast overturning of the old-time natural language processing (NLP) that used to be stilted and awkward to use, which has been shifted into a new version of NLP fluency of an at times startling or amazing caliber.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Whitney Cardozo is the chef and proprietress of Chez Foushee in Richmond, VA and the owner of vintage glassware shop, Chez at Home.Heather Bien, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
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Can Rodgers, who has one three-touchdown game this season and also has thrown for 300 yards just once in 2024, deliver a vintage performance, or has the magic run out?Mike Jones, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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The majority of the antique gnomes, many imported from Germany, are found in Fairyland Caverns, nestled into fairy tale scenes.Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
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Stylish Vintage Lighting The trend for brown, earthy shades and warm metallics is seeping into lighting design in the form of antique finishes and classic lighting styles.Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024
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The collection, heavily influenced by Western wear and retro hip-hop styles, put Kapital’s intricate denim craftsmanship on full display and was soundtracked by funky city pop.Denni Hu, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
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Check, please The Pinball Resource's website has a delightfully retro 1990s feel about it.Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
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Seven years later, in December 2014, the couple married in a traditional Samoan ceremony on Disney’s Castaway Cay, a private island in the Bahamas.Katie Mannion, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lopez first filed for divorce from Affleck on Aug. 20, the same day as the second anniversary of their traditional wedding ceremony.Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
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Uncovering cultural resilience To better understand South Korea’s unique leisure culture, Kim looked to its historical backdrop — particularly the cultural stagnation that followed the decades of Japanese colonial rule and the Korean War.Hanna Park, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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Its historical roots go deep, and remnants of its rich history is found scattered across the island.Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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His only other playoff game was the historic collapse against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2022 wild-card round.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Barkley was on pace to beat Dickerson’s historic mark, but Eagles coach Nick Sirianni held him out of their Week 18 game against the woeful Giants.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Though the field was getting crowded with other companies and his original product was now antiquated, Hancock felt there was still plenty of room for innovation.Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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The movie was not selected by the antiquated process for Best International Feature Film by India (who went with Laapataa Ladies) or France (Emilia Pérez).Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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