olden times
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Way back in olden times — seven days ago — Goldman Sachs lifted its year-end gold price target to $5,400 from $4,900.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026
“In the olden times, we viewed clean energy as ‘alternative energy’ — the Whole Foods of energy,” Mr. McKibben said.
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023
What in olden times a peripatetic philosopher said was also true of him, that opposite qualities combine in a man as in the mixing of colors.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
In olden times, the upping took place all over England, with hundreds of boats and gamesmen plying all the major rivers and tributaries.
From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2018
The tunnel's been lost since olden times, so its discoverer'd make the front page of the Malvern Gazetteer.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
