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age-old

adjective as in very old

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Weiss and Brier’s fruitful professional dynamic is one example of a pair who answers that age-old debate ignited by “When Harry Met Sally.”

Harvesting olives is an age-old ritual and also an economic necessity for many Palestinians, but, according to the UN, it is increasingly precarious.

From BBC

The first was an age-old animation problem: creating realistic water.

Critics accuse Kenya of abandoning an age-old legal principle of "non-refoulement", which prohibits the forced return of people to countries where they may face persecution.

From BBC

They are accused of ignoring environmental concerns and taking to heart an age-old saying: "There is no land in Ghana which doesn’t have gold, even in the top soil. Ghana is gold."

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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