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of old







ADVERB
anciently
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Jeffers explained that some of the approach is about putting "bright colours on top of old, dull, worn-away colours".

From BBC

Pharmacists and doctors said the piles of old mail-order prescriptions pose risks to older patients, particularly those with memory or vision challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Hearts now have a realistic chance to end that period of Old Firm dominance as they seek a first Scottish title of their own in 66 years.

From Barron's

The definitional creep of what we now consider middle age—pushed back, perhaps, because of the increasing delay in starting families—means that it often overlaps with the territory of old age.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the biggest, most illogical and satisfying developments of the past 75 years—artistically, culturally, historically, socially and financially—is the transmission of Old South plantation blues, from America to England and back again, through rock, pop and soul music.

From The Wall Street Journal