anachronism
Example Sentences
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The Dow—a group of 30 companies often seen as an anachronism in an era of index investing and big data—doesn’t capture the full force of the current boom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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
Some people do not get the Lions and call it an anachronism and an unimportant exhibition.
From BBC • May 7, 2025
The notion of a TV schedule where viewers are compelled to make an appointment to watch shows has almost become an anachronism in the age of streaming video on demand.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024
To impose an anachronism: desegregation simply did not compute.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
