age-old

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As the age-old adage goes, “too much of a good thing is a bad thing.”

From Salon • May 7, 2026

The company is addressing an age-old problem in enterprise technology: the multitude of siloed systems and data sources that don’t communicate with one another in a fluid way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

My only guess is that it came down to the age-old issue in boxing: money.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

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 remembered his age-old tremors in the forest.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding