olden days
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In the olden days, you might have to lie about how rich you are and maybe borrow a car.
From Salon • May 21, 2025
In the olden days, writers were taught to put the mark –30– at the bottom of a story to indicate the end.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
"Surfing has taught me that in the olden days they say that girls cannot surf, only boys. Now I know that whatever a man can do, a woman can do better!"
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024
It’s like the olden days when illiterate people needed the town scribe to read and write their letters, except most nonspeakers are not illiterate.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023
He’s heard stories about this sort of thing happening in the olden days, but in his lifetime the power underground never fails.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
