Example Sentences

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That change is harder still in organizations rooted in old forms of predigital content delivery: changing form and content at the same time is herculean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

The appeal of “vintage” photography goes beyond nostalgia and Instagram filters, judging by the huge number of apps designed to emulate the film, lenses and visual quirks of predigital photos and movies.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Though the process is time-consuming, it’s much faster than an equally thorough review would have taken in a predigital age.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2024

In the predigital age, they would capture song on tape recorders and literally splice together the magnetic tape to create manipulated songs with, for example, rearranged syllables or shorter silent intervals between notes.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2022

It’s a condition that affects only one in 4,000 children, and in those predigital days, Carl’s medical file at Seattle Children’s hospital took up “like an entire bookcase,” she says, laughing.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2019