Instant
Instant adjective - Existing or in progress right now.
Usage example: we should be more concerned with instant dangers than with those in the far-off future
Old
Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Both words in one sentence
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There was an old Twilight Zone about an instant camera which took pictures five minutes into the future.
Source: Spooky Photographs -
Black Fox, an old cat burglar in Spider-Man stories, is an admittant abject coward and will plead for mercy the instant he is threatened.
Source: I Have a Family -
Instant A.I., Just Add Water: The Old Pro, the sentient former protagonist of the game when it was still sci-fi, still within the Dummied Out content and wanting out.
Source: Video Game / The Magic Circle
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Old and Instant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/instant/old
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Old or Instant. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/instant/old.
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