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nostalgia

[no-stal-juh, -jee-uh, nuh-] / nɒˈstæl dʒə, -dʒi ə, nə- /


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But it has also triggered an unexpected wave of nostalgia, with some Delhi residents expressing affection for a place they often claimed to despise.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The pop hit surged back into the charts this year, and peaked at number three, thanks largely to a wave of 2016 nostalgia that took over social media.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Wright needs to convince consumers that the burger chain still offers something unique in a crowded fast-food market besides nostalgia.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Shuttered in 1997, Opryland remains a source of southern nostalgia that Bargatze hopes to tap with Nateland.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

She speaks with nostalgia of the years her family had spent in England, living at first in London, which she barely remembers, and then in a brick semidetached house in Croydon, with rosebushes in front.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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