olden times
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Way back in olden times — seven days ago — Goldman Sachs lifted its year-end gold price target to $5,400 from $4,900.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026
“In the olden times, we viewed clean energy as ‘alternative energy’ — the Whole Foods of energy,” Mr. McKibben said.
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023
What in olden times a peripatetic philosopher said was also true of him, that opposite qualities combine in a man as in the mixing of colors.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
Historians are counting on technology to make the subject more interesting for young people whose ideas of olden times may stretch only to the BlackBerry era.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2018
"I can't remember ever seeing snow this far down the mountain, but maybe it was that way once, in the olden times."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
