old-line
adjective
USukusECONOMICS
used todescribeabusinessorindustrythat hasexistedfor alongtime:
It's thelatestold-lineindustrytodisappearfrom theregion.
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The task of converting the candidate into an old party member apparently succeeded:old-linepopulist politicians dominated the first slots on the party's legislative lists.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He closed factories, reduced payrolls and cut lacklusterold-lineunits.
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