old-fashioned
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Compared with companies and leaders with more of a history of mergers, acquisitions and financial engineering, Weeks and the company he has led for over two decades might look stubborn, or at least old-fashioned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Our phones eventually gave us more options, but old-fashioned score-checking got worse.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026
But those of us who have loved her well and long from across the pond do; it’s about time Walker got some good old-fashioned American adulation, which, with any luck, “Alice and Steve” will provide.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
“It was kind of incredibly old-fashioned, but very sweet. We kept waiting for buyer’s remorse, but it never happened,” she recalled.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Inside is an old-fashioned rotary phone that has played an unusual role in helping many move on after the disaster.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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