old hat

Example Sentences

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“He was old hat, and Las Vegas was seen as the graveyard of the stars.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

All-time highs have become old hat to a market that’s seen the S&P 5oo notch nearly three dozen record closes this year, and the catalysts are familiar too: trade and tech.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Maybe the headlines about looming shutdown deadlines feel like old hat, at this point.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2025

One-time hick-hop rapper Jelly Roll is old hat at songs to soundtrack shirking child support payments, but he’s found a bit of a new lane in the path blazed by Wallen.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

She was terribly aware of the man’s suit, the burrs clinging to it, the material old and worn and snagged by briars, the man’s shoes on her feet, the battered old hat.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry