time-honored

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She’s also engaged in time-honored traditions: recording an outgoing voicemail message, prank calling and fighting with a sibling over who gets to use it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Still, now is the time to pause, take a deep breath and maybe heed a tidbit of time-honored advice from a handful of Wall Street veterans: Buy the dip.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

The series stakes its ground in the time-honored, time-worn conceit of clashing personalities forced to work side by side.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

They did not do so, thanks to a time-honored Washington combination of obstinance, reticence, and cowardice.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

There’s a third time-honored trick: read the sentence aloud.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker