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In the olden days, a lot of winter beers were conceptualized as stronger with more alcohol.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
In the olden days, Black Friday was just one day long.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 29 Nov. 2025
Fiction back in the olden days.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Unlike in the less-than-golden olden days, people cannot stuff ballot boxes or toss them into the river because ballots are tracked and voters are notified when their vote is cast.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2025
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
In the olden days, Black Friday was just one day long.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 29 Nov. 2025
Fiction back in the olden days.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Unlike in the less-than-golden olden days, people cannot stuff ballot boxes or toss them into the river because ballots are tracked and voters are notified when their vote is cast.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Olden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olden. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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olden
adjective
old·en
ˈōl-dən 
: of or relating to earlier days
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