timeworn
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But we know too that to double down is to fall prey to the timeworn seduction of the sunk-cost fallacy: We’ve invested so much in this effort that to abandon it now would be worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
One of the timeworn accusations against Holden Caulfield is hypocrisy: This guy calls everyone else phony, but he’s just as phony!
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
But beneath where the cathedral's singers sit, its timeworn paving stones lies a dark financial legacy.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Marooned on “a breathtaking piece of land” at the peninsula’s far western edge, steps from the deadly surf at Ocean Beach, the timeworn seaside menagerie had endured weeks of gray gloom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
This started with the replacement of the machine’s timeworn old vacuum tank with Cooksey’s new version.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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