throwback
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Nike has been trying to sell off casual throwback sneakers, like Dunks and Air Force 1s, that have fallen out of style.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Slate was one of the first news outlets I read regularly, so I’m really enjoying the birthday throwback.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Why it’s worth seeing: “La Bola Negra” is a throwback to the kind of emotional film Hollywood now rarely takes a risk on—that’s why it’s destined to be in Oscar contention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The lineup was packed with beloved hip-hop and R&B throwback artists like Too $hort, Ginuwine, Ashanti, Warren G and E-40.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Democritus, who further developed his master’s atomist theories, also had his own pet cosmology, including a Thalian throwback to a flat-disk earth, floating in air.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
From Gen Z to Boomers, listeners across generations are increasingly embracing throwbacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Or the yellow Formica kitchen, with its Pyrex hot plate, wall-mounted radio, original Eames barstools and drop-leaf dining table still intact — all charming throwbacks to a simpler time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
Her paintings contain visual throwbacks to the gilding and draperies of Renaissance paintings, yet also represent stars from films and pop culture.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
And it would be easy to assume the rise in musical throwbacks is simply down to young people rediscovering older music online.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2023
Ninety per cent. were straight red stock with only a few throwbacks to off-color strains.
From The Settling of the Sage by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts
