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nostalgia

[no-stal-juh, -jee-uh, nuh-] / nɒˈstæl dʒə, -dʒi ə, nə- /


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Thoughts on love, nature, trauma, aging, nostalgia and philosophy are all valid starting points, and a surfeit of possibilities can be paralyzing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The pop hit surged back into the charts this year, and peaked at number three, thanks largely to a wave of 2016 nostalgia that took over social media.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Arriving in the U.S. in 1989, the MX-5—Miata to generations of fans—was always about a better kind of nostalgia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

There was this whole ‘90s nostalgia going around because in hindsight the ‘90s right now seems like a much simpler time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Even now, stripped of their opulence, crowded into two-bedroom apartments in Hialeah and Little Havana, the Puente women clung to their rituals as they did their engraved silverware, succumbing to a cloying nostalgia.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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