as in ancient
dating or surviving from the distant past
age-old customs and beliefs
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Recent Examples of age-old
Starring Rachel Zegler in the title role opposite Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, Snow White is a modern retelling of the age-old story.
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Familiarity may still go about its age-old business of breeding contempt, but this era of college hoops rarely allows for the emotional alchemy of yesteryear to kick in with any force.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The mountain is dotted with age-old shrines and temples, along with miles of hiking trails, and hanami parks.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2025
Take a Hot Shower Hanging wrinkly clothes in a steamy bathroom is an age-old trick.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2025
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Perseverance discovered this rock on March 11 on the rim of the Jezero Crater, an ancient lakebed that the rover has been exploring since 2021 for signs of past microbial life.—
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In Live Fruit Flies By Ian Randall Deputy Science Editor Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 Paleontologists have discovered a disturbing new species of ancient wasp that restrained its prey using its Venus flytrap-like abdomen before laying eggs in the victim.—
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The 27 Project Kuiper satellites will comprise the heaviest payload that the venerable Atlas V has ever flown, according to Amazon.—
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Note: If those prices are too steep, Arlington’s venerable Bigotes Restaurant is 1½ miles south off Stadium Drive.—
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Every year in the US, there are approximately 35,000 ER visits due to unintentional medication overdoses among children under 5 years old.—
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The other part of him, the innie, is for all intents and purposes 2 1/2 years old.—
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Not medieval Spain, but as recently as the 1980s in the Soviet Union.—
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Sonja Drimmer is an associate professor of medieval art and architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of The Art of Allusion: Illuminators and the Making of English Literature, 1403–1476 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018). NOTES 1.—
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“Age-old.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/age-old. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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