old hat
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Nuclear experts say they don’t have safety concerns about having reactors at sea because the technology is old hat in the military.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But from another point of view, this is all old hat.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
All-time highs have become old hat to a market that’s seen the S&P 5oo notch nearly three dozen record closes this year, and the catalysts are familiar too: trade and tech.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
One-time hick-hop rapper Jelly Roll is old hat at songs to soundtrack shirking child support payments, but he’s found a bit of a new lane in the path blazed by Wallen.
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
She was terribly aware of the man’s suit, the burrs clinging to it, the material old and worn and snagged by briars, the man’s shoes on her feet, the battered old hat.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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