old-fashioned
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“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
It could be contrived and improbable and old-fashioned in its triumphs snatched from the jaws of defeat, and I completely loved it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
He said some people "might say these values are now old-fashioned and obsolete, but they are important for us and for our nations".
From BBC • May 27, 2026
You could hold an old-fashioned, broad-based stock-index ETF for years and never incur any capital-gains tax.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
On the morning of November 11, 1918, Major Keith Officer, an Australian, was watching the minutes go around on his large, old-fashioned hunting watch as he waited for the cease-fire to begin.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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