as in ancient
dating or surviving from the distant past
age-old customs and beliefs
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Recent Examples of age-old
Companion planting is an age-old practice, and many strategies have been handed down from generation to generation.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2025
As a result, users suspect the hacker exploited age-old vulnerabilities in 4chan to conduct the takeover.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
In a study published in the journal Nature Astronomy on April 14, 2025, my planetary scientist colleagues and I tried to answer an age-old question: Where are all the carbonaceous chondrites?
—Patrick M. Shober, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
The age-old company’s customization program allows clients to choose from one of 100 existing fabrics, each available in anywhere from three to twelve colors, to make pretty much anything in the bedlinen (or table linen) category.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2025
As a result, users suspect the hacker exploited age-old vulnerabilities in 4chan to conduct the takeover.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
In a study published in the journal Nature Astronomy on April 14, 2025, my planetary scientist colleagues and I tried to answer an age-old question: Where are all the carbonaceous chondrites?
—Patrick M. Shober, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
The age-old company’s customization program allows clients to choose from one of 100 existing fabrics, each available in anywhere from three to twelve colors, to make pretty much anything in the bedlinen (or table linen) category.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age-old
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The museum has a world-class collection, including works by iconic artists like da Vinci, Monet, and Van Gogh, alongside ancient artifacts.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2025
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Leland presented European material as the survival of an ancient pagan cult—moreover, a paganism that had been demonized by Christianity.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump had pursued one venerable D.C. firm, Covington & Burling, with an executive order that revoked security clearances for lawyers representing the former special counsel Jack Smith.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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Bill Owens, executive producer of the venerable Sunday night news magazine, suggested the show’s editorial independence has been whittled away as corporate parent Paramount seeks to make peace with Trump.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Not content just to confirm its arrival, Veach deftly sliced a slit in the plastic to minimize any potential forensic trail, removed the new game and swapped in the old version before carefully rewrapping it.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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In contrast, older generations started saving much later, with boomers beginning at an average age of 37 and with plans to retire at 72.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Also, the pass includes several mountain excursions and free admission to more than 500 museums throughout Switzerland. Not to be missed is the medieval town of Gruyères about 80 miles from Geneva.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The stakes of the story become ever more human-on-human, with zombies largely relegated to one epic battle that sits at the cinematic junction of western, medieval and samurai.—
Mike Hale,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Age-old.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/age-old. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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