nostalgia
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Their reconciliation seems to owe to their sadness about the state of the world—discontents such as the artificial-intelligence revolution and the Gaza war trouble the background—and their nostalgia for the shared fancies of childhood.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Wright needs to convince consumers that the burger chain still offers something unique in a crowded fast-food market besides nostalgia.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Our opinions of Hollywood’s dip into the nostalgia well may vary, but it’s easy to want to feel the kind of joy that a game or toy brought us when the world felt less complicated.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
"One thing we don't want to do is out-price fish and chips. It's a nostalgia, it's a romance, to come to the beach and have fish and chips, we definitely don't want to outprice."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The moment aroused a whole orchestra of rich emotions among the British—pride, patriotism, nostalgia for the lost past of the war and derring do, hope for a rejuvenated future.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing nostalgia
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