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time-honored

[tahym-on-erd] / ˈtaɪmˌɒn ərd /




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Before this season, savvy pitchers with expert command and dazzling spin had been able to dupe human umps into calling strikes on balls just off the plate, a time-honored tradition that had existed for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Still, now is the time to pause, take a deep breath and maybe heed a tidbit of time-honored advice from a handful of Wall Street veterans: Buy the dip.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

The series stakes its ground in the time-honored, time-worn conceit of clashing personalities forced to work side by side.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Instead, the season ended with the time-honored spectacle of Harvard-Yale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

When there is a division between the old and the new, it is apt to express itself on the most time-honored of batdefields: the putting green, the tennis court, or the marine berth.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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