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oldie

[ohl-dee] / ˈoʊl di /




NOUN
golden oldie
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Also in this year's mix are Brenda Lee's golden oldie Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and the latest incarnation of Band Aid.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

Decide for yourself as you watch a master not so much try to outdo an oldie, but earn a modestly rousing encore.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2024

The PA played an oldie: “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” while the ice crew picked up the hats.

From Washington Times Dec. 4, 2023

Throughout the hard-rocking rendition of the Phil Hanseroth-penned oldie, Carlile vacillated between a raspy growl and clean-and-pristine pitch perfectionist, nailing her wind-down closing notes without accompaniment.

From Seattle Times Dec. 11, 2022

An oldie but goodie, first played more than 3,400 years ago.

From Salon Oct. 22, 2022

"We're a bunch of oldies, but everyone gets stressed, everyone suffers loss and gets sad, everyone's happy, everyone has people in their life they love and people who annoy them," Forte said.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Spiro has been slowly assembling her debut album for the past two years, but with headlining concerts to play, she’s reaching back for some of her oldies from 2024.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

His longtime current set list features mostly newish songs and only a handful of oldies, none of which are the very greatest hits.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

Ben Dowell, writing in The Times, says the revival "clearly has an eye on us oldies introducing our young charges to the magic".

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

I promised myself to visit him in jail and take him a ghetto blaster and oldies CDs.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez




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