How to Use old news in a Sentence

old news

noun
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  • By now, the Dodgers once hoped, Blake Treinen’s return would be old news.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
  • At this point, the punk revolution was old news, and the new wave was in full swing.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
  • In his Senate campaign at the time, Vance dismissed the message to McLaurin as old news.
    — Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • Six years from his last relationship, he's worn down, worn out and washed up, sick of a scene that feels like old news.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
  • Complicating matters is the fact that Wear OS 3 is also about to be old news.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Something that was funny last week could be considered old news in a matter of days.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Candidates in the November race for mayor also went absent from the pages of the 152-year-old news outlet.
    — James Rainey, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The Rocket dismissed Kid Sensation’s new album as old news and all but stopped covering the genre as the grunge tsunami hit.
    — Gary Campbell, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2023
  • That might change in short order now that Baldwin’s criminal trial is old news.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 July 2024
  • Looking up at old news stories and police records from over the years — some of which were deep in the agencies’ archives — confirmed his suspicions.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • There may still be some pumpkins languishing on doorsteps, but in the world of nail art, Thanksgiving is old news–Christmastime is here.
    — Georgia Day, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The accusation turns out to be old news that was adjudicated more than a decade ago.
    — Mark Paoletta, WSJ, 4 June 2023
  • In one scene, when Jackie is feeling trapped, the editing splices in an insert of a boiling coffee percolator and an old news clip of the Berlin Wall.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The Weekly accusing Stanton of drafting the orders after the war would have been old news, however.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Social media trends come and go quickly; a sound heard in nearly every TikTok today could be old news by tomorrow.
    — Char Adams, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The nearly decade-old single was rumored to be about Perry and Swift’s fallen friendship but that’s all old news as Perry also shared a photo of her and Swift flashing smiles backstage.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
  • However, that’s already old news: Through the first few months of 2023, giant builders across the country are seeing their fortunes improve as buyer demand stabilizes.
    — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The show’s producers and loyal viewers were taken aback by the rabid reaction this past week, given the fact that this is actually old news — or at least, the kind of news that didn’t raise an eyebrow until now.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • This appears to be the kind of news destined to become old news as more venerable performers, notably those of the generation once named for youth, continue to defy the odds of aging.
    — Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Carpenter explains in his essay that Godzilla's fingers and long arms are old news regarding evolution.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • For veteran writer-producer Álex Pina, however, such a concept was already old news.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Fake news is old news, but some still argue over whether Shakespeare existed or represented multiple authors.
    — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2023
  • In fact, the mortgage pricing update — which apply to loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two quasi-governmental entities that guarantee or purchase the majority of mortgages across the country — is old news.
    — Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • In a December news release recapping Horne’s first year in office, the department again touted those three examples, but spokespeople for the districts said the hotline's findings were old news or unfounded.
    — Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Hardcore Ufologists rightly feel vindicated, but that’s old news at Contact the Desert, which celebrated its tenth anniversary this year.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • In a recent round of media appearances, Suarez insisted the various investigations are old news.
    — Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Does this feel like a particularly notable coronation moment to you for Sabrina, or is her stardom already practically old news at this point?
    — Christine Werthman, Billboard, 26 June 2024
  • The agency also uses sources such as old news articles, accident reports, and high-traffic sailing routes to predict where undiscovered shipwrecks may be located.
    — Byapril Reese, science.org, 16 Feb. 2023
  • What sounds like a delicious drink is actually a new manicure that can potentially make Hailey Bieber’s signature glazed donut nails officially old news.
    — Paulina Jayne Isaac, Glamour, 3 July 2023

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