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

While the game has evolved, thrust forward by the arrival of athletes who are built like power lifters but as nimble as ballerinas, a particular mind-set remains stuck in the olden times.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022

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

They huddled close together and Gran whispered stories of olden times, before magic had been stamped out and magical creatures driven to extinction.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish