as in ancient
dating or surviving from the distant past
age-old customs and beliefs
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Recent Examples of age-old
The age-old tradition of hanging stockings on the fireplace for Christmas morning adds some delight to the holidays.
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2024
Everyday materials and equipment easily found at home or from the grocery store or local specialty shops will be used to demystify the age-old art of flower arranging.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
This process evokes the age-old philosophy of allowing the wine to return to its origins—deep within the land that nurtured it.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
To try to offset that, there are recommendations for EU stakeholders and member states to expedite collaboration and transparency, as a way to deal with the age-old problem of knockoffs.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2024
Everyday materials and equipment easily found at home or from the grocery store or local specialty shops will be used to demystify the age-old art of flower arranging.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
This process evokes the age-old philosophy of allowing the wine to return to its origins—deep within the land that nurtured it.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
To try to offset that, there are recommendations for EU stakeholders and member states to expedite collaboration and transparency, as a way to deal with the age-old problem of knockoffs.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for age-old
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This culinary adventure includes ancient cooking methods that lead to soulful cuisine and an environment that captures the excitement of Tel Aviv and Miami.Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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All three are living together, briefly, in a Lower East Side condo to wait at their dad’s deathbed, bickering over groceries and reopening ancient familial wounds.Rachel Handler, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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To circumvent the crowd, Netflix has built its own network of screening spaces, including several of its own in-house theaters, along with the venerable Egyptian Theatre and Raleigh Studios, while Amazon Studios recently took over the former ArcLight in downtown Culver City.Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Here are five things to make the venerable institution, which has struggled with wokeness, recruitment, and declining standards, great again.Patrick Bobko, National Review, 24 Nov. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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The gorgeous frozen lake feels like skating right into a fairytale thanks to the Bled Island and medieval castle overlooking the ice rink.Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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The 2019 fire destroyed the spire, roof, and intricate wooden beams of the medieval structure, requiring precise historical reconstruction.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Age-old.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/age-old. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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