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: the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine
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: a period of origin or manufacture
a piano of 1845 vintage
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: length of existence : age
Synonyms
Examples of vintage in a Sentence
Noun
a piano of 1845 vintage
Adjective
the designer's bracelets and necklaces have the vintage look of jewelry from the 1920s
Recent Examples on the Web
Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
While a talented tailor can sometimes help with disparities in sizing, vintage recreation, a controversial topic, is yet another route to accessing vintage styles.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2024
Guests oohed and aahed over a light pink Hermès Birkin bag on offer for a cool $24,000 (Goop sells vintage handbags from luxury reseller What Comes Around Goes Around).
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2024
The next night, Paul II and his pals were in attendance as his dad dished a season-high 14 assists in a turnover-free vintage performance.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
One of her necklaces, a custom made Lorraine Schwartz vintage watch that was turned into a choker, appeared to be set to midnight, which some thought would be the release time of the album drop.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
The horological scholar has been collecting vintage timepieces for more than 40 years.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2024
This particular pair offers a high-rise vintage look with a unique distressed split back pocket detail that sets them apart from others.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 11 Apr. 2024
For the exhibit, the Hirshhorn has revived the light well, a vintage solution for displaying sculpture by placing works on an elevated podium under even, suspended lighting.
—Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2024
Wolf took a newly soulful approach to Big Ideas, which was largely recorded with vintage equipment at Diamond Mine and Electric Lady Studios in New York.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
Browse more than 200 dealers of antiques, vintage jewelry, primitives, garden and architectural elements, mid-century collectibles, memorabilia, Americana and retro/vintage furniture.
—The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2024
Simon Riske, another of my characters, is an expert mechanic restoring and selling vintage Ferraris for a small fortune.
—Jimmy Camp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
Puzzles, for instance, build on one another, and characters in a switchboard game, which contains more than 100 cues, may appear later in another challenge — perhaps one in which a vintage computer coldly instructs us to decrease the corporation’s headcount.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Stationed amid the rows and rows of tulips is a display of vintage tractors.
—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Case in point: This weekend in L.A., the star hit the town in an all-black look that included two vintage gems.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2024
The property is decked out in vintage TWA travel posters and there are exhibits displaying decades-old playing cards given out as in-flight amenities, old TWA uniforms, and vintage furnishings from the TWA headquarters.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2024
Noun
Rugs inspired by folk costumes, vintage engravings and textiles, and books related to the history and culture of the Peloponnese gave my villa a sense of place.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
While a talented tailor can sometimes help with disparities in sizing, vintage recreation, a controversial topic, is yet another route to accessing vintage styles.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2024
Guests oohed and aahed over a light pink Hermès Birkin bag on offer for a cool $24,000 (Goop sells vintage handbags from luxury reseller What Comes Around Goes Around).
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2024
The next night, Paul II and his pals were in attendance as his dad dished a season-high 14 assists in a turnover-free vintage performance.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
One of her necklaces, a custom made Lorraine Schwartz vintage watch that was turned into a choker, appeared to be set to midnight, which some thought would be the release time of the album drop.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
The horological scholar has been collecting vintage timepieces for more than 40 years.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2024
This particular pair offers a high-rise vintage look with a unique distressed split back pocket detail that sets them apart from others.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 11 Apr. 2024
For the exhibit, the Hirshhorn has revived the light well, a vintage solution for displaying sculpture by placing works on an elevated podium under even, suspended lighting.
—Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Bitter and her musical cohorts on the album, most notably writer-producer Michael Gurley, fashion a superb vintage sound, but smartly meld it with original songs.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2024
Wolf took a newly soulful approach to Big Ideas, which was largely recorded with vintage equipment at Diamond Mine and Electric Lady Studios in New York.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
Browse more than 200 dealers of antiques, vintage jewelry, primitives, garden and architectural elements, mid-century collectibles, memorabilia, Americana and retro/vintage furniture.
—The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2024
Simon Riske, another of my characters, is an expert mechanic restoring and selling vintage Ferraris for a small fortune.
—Jimmy Camp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
Puzzles, for instance, build on one another, and characters in a switchboard game, which contains more than 100 cues, may appear later in another challenge — perhaps one in which a vintage computer coldly instructs us to decrease the corporation’s headcount.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Stationed amid the rows and rows of tulips is a display of vintage tractors.
—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Case in point: This weekend in L.A., the star hit the town in an all-black look that included two vintage gems.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2024
The property is decked out in vintage TWA travel posters and there are exhibits displaying decades-old playing cards given out as in-flight amenities, old TWA uniforms, and vintage furnishings from the TWA headquarters.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2024
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