age-old
Example Sentences
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He compared his daily approach to the age-old athlete’s cliché of “just trying to get one percent better every day,” with the main goal being not ruining Dodger games for fans.
From Los Angeles Times
But factories and businesses in the mountainous district say the age-old tradition is struggling against weak consumerism, with even the approaching Lunar New Year failing to boost sales.
From Barron's
A tough labor market for white-collar workers has turned the age-old recruiting model upside down.
Put another way, the artworks in “Duet” express an age-old ache: to remember.
The problem isn’t pacifism, but young people posing a new variation on the age-old question: “What is in it for me?”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.