throwback
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The firm is a throwback to an earlier era when wealth advisers actually picked stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
It appears that the image was only used as the team’s profile pic briefly before being replaced by one featuring a side view of the throwback helmet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The best that can be said for the Roadster event was that it was, for some, a guilty-pleasure throwback to the good old days of Tesla stagecraft.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
VW has the distinctive ID-Buzz minivan, a throwback to the classic T2 Transporter, while Ford is working on a new EV which is widely expected to be called the Fiesta.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
It was true that he was intelligent and sure of himself, but there was an innocence about him, too, a confidence without ego, a throwback to another time and place, which she found endearing.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"But now 2010s throwbacks coupled with a modern twist are seeing huge appetite across the market," says Russell.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The increased interest in throwbacks is not a death-knell for new music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Her paintings contain visual throwbacks to the gilding and draperies of Renaissance paintings, yet also represent stars from films and pop culture.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
The black ink images of La Virgen de Guadalupe, theater masks, a pair of dice and Ace playing cards were throwbacks to his high school days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
Strangely, it occurred to Phillips for a fleeting lapse of time that old Varret had been reasonably astute in his selections, if he desired violent-tempered throwbacks.
From This World Must Die! by Horace Brown Fyfe
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