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antique

[an-teek] / ænˈtik /




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They’ve popped up in barns and on farms, in strip malls between an antique shop and an ax-throwing business and in churches, where lighting and sound for worship services is part of the curriculum.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

He’s just gotten into the art world with a $35,000 antique vase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

"And source things from online marketplaces or antique markets for unique pieces that tell a story and make a space feel more lived-in and curated over time."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

It also featured what we’d now call a “vintage” kitchen, featuring antique appliances.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

“It’s like a magic museum,” I say, admiring an antique lacquered box with swords sticking out of its sides.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

Her father was a traveling antiques dealer, but also operated a lakeside summer resort in Michigan, where, at a young age, Steinem was enamored of the musicians who passed through to play.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

"These weren't simply Christmas cards, they were pieces of political campaigning that helped fund one of the most significant social movements in British history," said Matt Case, an antiques specialist.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Burrell’s family said in the statement announcing the antiques enthusiast’s death that the cancer community provided “so much comfort and strength to her in her darkest moments.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The court heard the accompanying paperwork had been typed using a typewriter on paper embossed with an antiques dealers' logo – and even a nine-pence stamp.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Over time, Barack and I would take steps in this direction, hanging more abstract art and works by African American artists on the walls, for example, and mixing contemporary furniture in with the antiques.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

In another project, he considered mounting antiqued mirror on the ceiling, but when the budget wouldn’t allow it, he used a shiny Cole & Son wallcovering called Antique Mirror to achieve a similar effect.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Of course, the only caveat is watching the slick show in the antiqued DVD format.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2021

Do you think it’s OK to have a low-key party to celebrate our child, or is this an antiqued ordeal that needs to go?

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2021

Designed by Stephen Rieman and Mark Krasne, the condo features antiqued mirrors, hand-stenciled doors and a wet bar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019

If you are using dull coloured carpets and hangings, have your modern reproductions antiqued.

From The Art of Interior Decoration by Grace Wood

Two years later, their love of thrifting, antiquing, bargaining and restoring has turned their Westwood rental into a showcase of “secondhand treasures,” says Van Hulsen, 28, who works as a commercial contract specialist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

Two lamps weren’t just two lamps, but the best outing she spent antiquing with my grandmother before she passed away from Alzheimer’s disease.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024

As orders in furniture stores backordered and stock wasn’t available, homeowners went antiquing.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

“My houses have always been my creative, shopping and antiquing outlets — they just combine everything I like to do,” she explains.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2021

Occasionally she disappears for the day, to go antiquing in the surrounding towns.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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