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nostalgia

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


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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

While seeing Trout recapture the past elicits a warm nostalgia, everything happening around him evokes a familiar source of frustration.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 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

When I called the rabbi of my mother’s old synagogue he spoke to me with neither nostalgia nor surprise, only grudging recognition.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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