old news

noun

: something or someone not new or exciting any more
That band is old news.

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Moments of sweet quiet effectively served for the shock effect of the next sonic onslaught, but that too became old news. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024 One page followed another, pretty much all old news. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024 This much is old news; Charles Darwin himself noted the resemblance. Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024 Everything about his deviant behavior feels like old news. Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for old news 

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“Old news.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20news. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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