anachronism
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They also outlasted former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair, who described their presence in the Lords as an "anachronism" and got rid of more than 600 of them.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
But the big news is what’s old: the continuing availability of Ford’s high-output 7.3-liter V8, a naturally aspirated, pushrod actuated, gas-guzzling anachronism nicknamed Godzilla.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Their opposition to transportation projects and other infrastructure, though supposedly grounded in Jeffersonian principle, was a roundabout way of retarding industrial development and ensuring that slavery did not become an economic anachronism.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025
Comedian Sean Patton plays Markie, the high school football coach, a brawny walking anachronism with surprising insights of his own.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
To impose an anachronism: desegregation simply did not compute.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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