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Back in the olden days, all discussion surrounding individual players involved boxcar statistics (games, goals, assists, points) and the eye test.
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Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Back in the olden days at the turn of the century, the Outdoor Life Network carried the Tour de France on cable, and NBC Sports gradually started to cover more races.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
Countless Americans could die or experience paralysis, just like in the olden days before the vaccine.
—Michael B. Teiger, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2025
Eggers and his go-to production designer Craig Lathrop also put a unique emphasis on building realistic worlds—their production design strives extra hard to close gaps between Eggers’s olden aesthetic and the modern audience’s perception.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
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Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Back in the olden days at the turn of the century, the Outdoor Life Network carried the Tour de France on cable, and NBC Sports gradually started to cover more races.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
Countless Americans could die or experience paralysis, just like in the olden days before the vaccine.
—Michael B. Teiger, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2025
Eggers and his go-to production designer Craig Lathrop also put a unique emphasis on building realistic worlds—their production design strives extra hard to close gaps between Eggers’s olden aesthetic and the modern audience’s perception.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Olden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olden. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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olden
adjective
old·en
ˈōl-dən 
: of or relating to earlier days
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