CULTURETECHLENSold school
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Combined Graph record U-00656 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0255. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Merriam-Webster (fetched in full): old-school, adjective sense 2 - 'characteristic or evocative of an earlier or original style, manner, or form' (example: 'old-school music') - matches stored 'classic; from an earlier era.' First Known Use: noun 1749; adjective 1803 (in sense 1, 'adhering to traditional policies or practices').
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Merriam-Webster (fetched in full): old-school, adjective sense 2 - 'characteristic or evocative of an earlier or original style, manner, or form' (example: 'old-school music') - matches stored 'classic; from an earlier era.' First Known Use: noun 1749; adjective 1803 (in sense 1, 'adhering to traditional policies or practices').
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Merriam-Webster (fetched in full): old-school, adjective sense 2 - 'characteristic or evocative of an earlier or original style, manner, or form' (example: 'old-school music') - matches stored 'classic; from an earlier era.' First Known Use: noun 1749; adjective 1803 (in sense 1, 'adhering to traditional policies or practices').
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