of old

idiom

formal + literary
: in the past : in a time that was long ago
in (the) days of old

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But it’s also brought a lot of old players back into the fold. Rob Wieland, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 This wasn’t the first time the pair of old friends had thought about how to translate hypergraphs into graphs. Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024 Over at the massive Great Escape — a store that sells everything from vintage video games to vinyl records to Season One DVDs of The Kids in the Hall — Allison rifles through shelves of old movies and leads us to the horror section, one of her favorites. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024 The East Coast is mostly made up of old, cold and dense rocks that are more conducive to seismic waves. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for of old 

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“Of old.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20old. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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