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

The Court held that the formula was an anachronism from the Jim Crow era and didn’t account for racial progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

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

“It’s not unthinkable that someone like you could play. You’re no anachronism, buddy.”

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner