of old

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formal + literary

: in the past : in a time that was long ago

in (the) days of old

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Cohan joins the eight-episode series as Catherine ‘Cat’ Keegan, a former homecoming queen whose small-town charm has sharpened into something fiercer thanks to decades of old grudges and regrets. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Cohan plays Catherine ‘Cat’ Keegan, a former homecoming queen whose small-town charm has sharpened into something fiercer thanks to decades of old grudges and regrets. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 First, the seizures in both Fulton County and Riverside were of old ballots. — Justin Levitt, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026 The balance of old and new, classic and quirky, starts on the exterior, where the historic redwood siding was salvaged and reinstalled wherever possible. — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for of old

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