anachronism
Example Sentences
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The current requirement that lenders use three credit scores—known as tri-merge—is an anachronism and adds unnecessary costs to borrowers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Their opposition to transportation projects and other infrastructure, though supposedly grounded in Jeffersonian principle, was a roundabout way of retarding industrial development and ensuring that slavery did not become an economic anachronism.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025
Comedian Sean Patton plays Markie, the high school football coach, a brawny walking anachronism with surprising insights of his own.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
"Sick sport shooting of magnificent animals is an anachronism in today;s world," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024
But already it was something of an anachronism.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
