age-old

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The scope of Salesforce’s buyback ambitions invites the age-old debate over whether growth-oriented technology companies should devote so much money to capital returns instead of meaningfully stepping up their business investments.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

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 • Feb. 23, 2026

An age-old problem for the stock market is that when things are really good in a certain business, it invites competition.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

But changing age-old traditions is not just for the younger generation - Tim Hartley, 65, from Cardiff, left the craziness of the kitchen behind four years ago for his local curry house.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

He was simply addressing an age-old question: Why do some bodies float and others sink?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton