old-line

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To a degree, the dinner manifested yet another step in the changing of the guard on Wall Street, from the old-line legacy banks to the new private-market institutions.

From Barron's

Renowned for ancient churches and the tomb of Dante, the 14th-century poet, the city of Ravenna and its environs along Italy’s Adriatic coast are also home to old-line industries like steel and fertilizer.

From New York Times

But there has been friction between the White House and the new leadership of the old-line industrial auto union.

From New York Times

Dual strikes would effectively bring the entertainment business to a halt, pitting more than 170,000 workers against old-line studios like Disney, Universal, Sony and Paramount, as well tech juggernauts like Netflix, Amazon and Apple.

From New York Times

Disney, in its quarterly earnings report last week, said that it had narrowed its streaming losses but that revenue from its old-line TV channels had fallen sharply.

From New York Times