age-old

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The company is addressing an age-old problem in enterprise technology: the multitude of siloed systems and data sources that don’t communicate with one another in a fluid way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Speaking to the BBC on her fact-finding trip to Copenhagen, Mahmood said the government is "changing an age-old assumption of what it means to be a refugee -moving from a permanent to a temporary status".

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Prediction markets are raising new questions in an age-old debate around information and free markets.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

He compared his daily approach to the age-old athlete’s cliché of “just trying to get one percent better every day,” with the main goal being not ruining Dodger games for fans.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

That age-old weakness of brethren you always root out and you always use.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee