old-fashioned
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The detectives ultimately solved the case through old-fashioned policework; one of their theories had been that Schepers had crashed her car and ended up in the river.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
If you want to bring back old-fashioned pamphleting, your nearest print shop will be delighted to help, just as soon as they get over their astonishment.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
The rebuilt 51-foot-long ship with two masts, which launched in 2022, is mostly held together the old-fashioned way, with wooden pegs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Mextly Couzin’s lighting ushers in old-fashioned Broadway pizzazz when needed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Guiffart is old-fashioned; Pascal does not argue like this, and even Guiffart has to admit at last that the experiments may in fact be unprecedented.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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