as in ancient
dating or surviving from the distant past
found evidence in the Middle East of an antediluvian people previously unknown to history
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as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
thought his dad was an antediluvian for refusing to use any social media
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Recent Examples of antediluvian
Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2023
Unfortunately, that view seems antediluvian these days.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023
As advanced as the futuristic environment was visually, the team found innovation by juxtaposing the setting with its people and their antediluvian mindsets.
—Rendy Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
Johnson’s top allies include Jacob Rees-Mogg, an antediluvian former hedge-fund manager who has boasted that he’s never changed one of his six children’s diapers.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 14 June 2023
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The big transmission lever feels slightly antediluvian in what is otherwise a quite modern interior.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2023
Unfortunately, that view seems antediluvian these days.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023
As advanced as the futuristic environment was visually, the team found innovation by juxtaposing the setting with its people and their antediluvian mindsets.
—Rendy Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
Johnson’s top allies include Jacob Rees-Mogg, an antediluvian former hedge-fund manager who has boasted that he’s never changed one of his six children’s diapers.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 14 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antediluvian
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Perseverance discovered this rock on March 11 on the rim of the Jezero Crater, an ancient lakebed that the rover has been exploring since 2021 for signs of past microbial life.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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In Live Fruit Flies By Ian Randall Deputy Science Editor Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 Paleontologists have discovered a disturbing new species of ancient wasp that restrained its prey using its Venus flytrap-like abdomen before laying eggs in the victim.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that's been a longtime target of conservatives.—
TIME,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
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But Republicans are both political and personal conservatives.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Truth be told, as welcome as the choice was to fans as a relative novelty, that opener was not one of the better selections of the night; their arrangement felt relatively sluggish, compared to probably any other version of the venerable rock standard any audience member has heard over the years.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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On stage at Chicago Shakespeare’s Yard theater, the familiar iconography of the jukebox musical, a venerable Anglo-American genre, is being rehearsed.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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The History of Traditional Sitting Rooms The concept of a formal sitting room dates all the way back to medieval monasteries, where monks used these spaces to conduct business with visitors and laypeople.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Mar. 2025
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Since 2019, leaders in the small Italian town of Avezzano in the Abruzzo region have been calling on the Louvre museum in Paris to return a medieval stone bas-relief that was once part of their local church, San Nicola, which was destroyed in a 1915 earthquake, reports Le Journal des Arts.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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The fact that this fossil slipped under the radar for decades isn’t surprising, said lead study author Dr. Anthony Romilio, a paleontologist and research associate with the university’s Dinosaur Lab.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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Among the fossils found at Shishugou, Guanlong wucaii stands out as an important discovery.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In the Pig universe, which has now been running for two decades, George remains two years old and Peppa two years older.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
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Every year in the US, there are approximately 35,000 ER visits due to unintentional medication overdoses among children under 5 years old.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.—
Alison Snyder,
Axios,
23 Feb. 2025
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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Fluted glass, marble, and antique brass are key elements, but crucially, Medea 1905 is offering customizable details, so the rattan bedhead could be replaced with oak wood, perhaps, or linen.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2025
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Nearby in the tiny, no-stoplight community of Leslie, Arkansas, which gets water from the Ozark system, the only dentist in town operates out of a one-man clinic tucked in the back of an antique store.—
Brett Kelman,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Antediluvian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antediluvian. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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