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olden

[ohl-duhn] / ˈoʊl dən /


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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 days, you might have to lie about how rich you are and maybe borrow a car.

From Salon • May 21, 2025

"I do have to deal with quite a lot of incoming, what you would have called flak in the olden days, but now they call it trolling," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

It’s like the olden days when illiterate people needed the town scribe to read and write their letters, except most nonspeakers are not illiterate.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

She wished that Neeley was home so that they could talk about olden times.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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