as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
the committee is dominated by old stick-in-the-muds who have little interest in bringing new ideas to the table
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Recent Examples of stick-in-the-mud
David Corenswet plays, quite literally, a stick-in-the-mud character.
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In the Herbert Ross film, Bacon played big-city teen Ren McCormack, who moves to the small town of Bomont, where its stick-in-the-mud local minster, the Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), has instituted a ban on dancing.
—EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In the Herbert Ross film, Bacon played big-city teen Ren McCormack, who moves to the small town of Bomont, where its stick-in-the-mud local minster, the Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), has instituted a ban on dancing.
—EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick-in-the-mud
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Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Coney Barrett, broke with conservatives to side with the court's three liberal justices.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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At the same time, conservatives accuse it of regulatory overreach.Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
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Patrizio Di Marco, former president and CEO of Gucci and Bottega Veneta — together with Jay Schottenstein, U.S. retail veteran and founder of American Eagle Outfitters and DSW — are rekindling Pro-Keds.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
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Zheng, the fifth seed in Melbourne, was beaten 7-6 (3), 6-3 by the 36-year-old German veteran, who has now reached the third round Down Under for just the third time in her career.Matias Grez, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
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The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
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At the center of this volcanic fossil is a vent that is around 25 miles (40 km) wide.Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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The description of the new species was based on the discovery of fossils unearthed between 2013 and 2016 by University of Wisconsin–Madison Geology Museum (UWMGM) field crews at a site in what is now Wyoming.Newsweek, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Stick-in-the-mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick-in-the-mud. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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