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olden

[ohl-duhn] / ˈoʊl dən /


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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 days, you might have to lie about how rich you are and maybe borrow a car.

From Salon • May 21, 2025

"I do have to deal with quite a lot of incoming, what you would have called flak in the olden days, but now they call it trolling," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

“I’m from the olden days, so I was like, ‘What does that mean?’”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Dimly, he remembered reading about that; in the olden days they had believed in canals on Mars.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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