as in fogey
a person or thing that is similar to someone or something from the past or that is suited to an earlier time
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She's a throwback to the actresses of the 1950s. The band's music is a throwback to the 1980s.
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Recent Examples of throwback
Adam Bumas, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
Alt uniform of the week: Denver Broncos — The Texans debuted their H-Town alternate uniforms on Sunday, but the Broncos throwbacks get the nod.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
So those are the sorts of issues that US District Judge Tanya Chutkan will have to decide now that the case has been thrown back in her lap.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
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Noun
It's supposed to be a place where movie nerds share their love of cinema, a throwback to the internet's pre-Facebook halcyon days.
—Adam Bumas, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
Alt uniform of the week: Denver Broncos — The Texans debuted their H-Town alternate uniforms on Sunday, but the Broncos throwbacks get the nod.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
As Sarah is thrown back into the public eye and the investigation, the woman that Bob was having an extramarital affair with goes missing too.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
So those are the sorts of issues that US District Judge Tanya Chutkan will have to decide now that the case has been thrown back in her lap.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwback
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday appointed Israel Katz as defence minister, who vowed to defeat Hezbollah so people displaced from northern Israel could return home.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Sophomore Jayden Maiava will get his first start for USC when the Trojans return from their bye to host Nebraska on Nov. 16, according to a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to speak publicly.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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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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Valor recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock after that as Regis fell a win short of the quarterfinals for the second year in a row.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
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That’s in part because Democrats fell short in their bid to flip enough battleground districts in Southern California and the Central Valley to help the national party win a majority.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The new fossil found in Brazil, however, could change that.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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The fossil is also thought to be the northernmost evidence of such birds found in South America to date.Newsweek, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The share of voters who are white has declined from 90% in 1976 to 67% in 2020, per exit polls.Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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And when the stock market declined, the incumbent party lost in eight out of nine cases, giving this trend an 83 percent accuracy in predicting election outcomes, LPL Financial's chief technical strategist Adam Turnquist says.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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That’s partly thanks to Harrison Ford and Neil Flynn’s easy old-timer chemistry.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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Playa del Fuego in May and Constellation Burn in October are both in Pennsylvania, and attract old-timer burners who are committed to the 10 Principles of Burning Man, including Radical Inclusion.Alden Wicker, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2024
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Degen is short for degenerate gambler and refers to people engaging in highly speculative trading.Fatemeh Fannizadeh, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Another protest at a nearby plant degenerated—with bonfires and looting—and the next day, security forces quashed it by shooting into the crowd, killing five people.Stéphanie Giry, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2015
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Roy isn’t as indelible a character as Crash Davis — likewise, Tin Cup isn’t as memorable as Bull Durham — but playing a stubborn has-been who used to be a promising golfer allowed Costner to flex his ordinary-man muscles.Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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Paul Tassi Time for the week’s first mini which involved a somewhat has-been comedian, cats and no real overarching theme this time around.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Throwback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwback. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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