How to Use old-line in a Sentence

old-line

adjective
  • These firms had been the envy of the old-line investment banking houses.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
  • There were old-line Whigs who preferred some sort of compromise, and in the upper South, there were those who thought the Union was indivisible.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • The Chinese tech giant partners with old-line carmakers like Seres, Chery, and Beijing Auto.
    — Eunice Yoon, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2025
  • That has included a growing number of tech and IT firms taking their place, pushing off the likes of print publishers and old-line industrial companies in the process.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The larger, at 31 Pratt, is the former headquarters of Society for Savings, an old-line bank whose roots stretched back to 1819.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
  • More practically, people on Netflix’s side might say that further industry consolidation is inevitable, given changing consumer habits and shifting business models for old-line media companies.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
  • And for the first time, top Wall Street banks weren’t just attracting WASP or old-line German Jewish men with family ties to banking, the historic mainstays of the finance world.
    — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
  • Built on a hillside overlooking Vila Nova de Gaia (where most of the old-line port merchants are located) and the Douro River, the luxurious 82-room hotel gets its identity from the local wine trade.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026

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