old-line
Example Sentences
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Swing states with old-line communities like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
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 ● Dec. 5, 2025
“Cyclical stocks have greatly underperformed this year, but with job losses mounting, during the months ahead, even the Mag7 may not be able to keep pace with old-line CYCLICALS!” says Paulsen.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2025
“Jesse White is an old-line Democrat, a Daley Democrat,” Starks said.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2023
What the old-line firms also did not do was involve themselves in hostile corporate takeovers.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
