throwback

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Warm and insightful, “Fantasy Life” is a low-key throwback to the talky city-dweller comedies of Nicole Holofcener and Noah Baumbach.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Also braced for the throwback is fellow student Jack Bostock, who hails Hannah Montana as an "iconic" character.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the market’s throwback benchmark, did indeed touch a new high that day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

In a throwback to the 1990s, Ben Affleck returns for donut brand Dunkin' alongside Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc and Jason Alexander.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Democritus, who further developed his master’s atomist theories, also had his own pet cosmology, including a Thalian throwback to a flat-disk earth, floating in air.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro