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View definitions for throwback

throwback

noun as in legacy

noun as in regression

noun as in retrogradation

noun as in retrogression

noun as in reversion

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The feature allows users to save photos and videos shared initially for 24 hours or less on the platform, with users prompted to re-post them as a memory or "throwback" at a later date.

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Because the song was Where Is My Husband!, a blistering pop-funk throwback that became an instant earworm.

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I’m ready for “The Pitt” to make me cry again should the throwback medical drama prevail for drama series.

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He’s an unabashed lover of hair metal, a throwback genre defined by its performers’ androgynous costumes that, in Peacemaker’s estimation, made them “real men, because they weren’t afraid to be women!”

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Speaking to Brides.com, Benjamin Khordipour of Estate Diamond Jewelry said the ring was “a throwback to the Victorian Era, with the beautiful, delicate and decorative gold work.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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