as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged
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Recent Examples of fossil
The new fossil found in Brazil, however, could change that.
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
The fossil is also thought to be the northernmost evidence of such birds found in South America to date.
—Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
But the 450 million-year-old fossil of Lomankus edgecombei, which resembles a shrimp, is preserved in fool’s gold, or iron pyrite.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Now, a remarkable 161-million-year-old fossil unearthed in Argentina in 2020 pushes back the evolutionary origin of tadpoles by at least 20 million years.
—Christie Wilcox, science.org, 30 Oct. 2024
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
The fossil is also thought to be the northernmost evidence of such birds found in South America to date.
—Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
But the 450 million-year-old fossil of Lomankus edgecombei, which resembles a shrimp, is preserved in fool’s gold, or iron pyrite.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Now, a remarkable 161-million-year-old fossil unearthed in Argentina in 2020 pushes back the evolutionary origin of tadpoles by at least 20 million years.
—Christie Wilcox, science.org, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
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In the meantime, progressive members of the Board of Supervisors—including Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California—lobbied against giving White, a conservative, his seat back.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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The outline of the plan outraged conservatives who labeled it as a ploy to enable trans inclusion in women's sports.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Andy Paley, a veteran producer and musician who worked with a wide range of artists including Brian Wilson, the Ramones, Madonna, Jonathan Richman, Elton John, Deborah Harry, NRBQ and many others, died following a brief battle with cancer, a rep confirms to Variety.Bob Merlis, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Letterkenny producer New Metric Media has tapped SiriusXM Canada veteran Ben Miner to launch a new division to drive into standup comedy and podcasting.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
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The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
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With his piano-pounding performances, wild vocals, bouffant hair and makeup, Little Richard burst onto the musical scene in the 1950s and shook up the stuffed shirts with a string of his hit songs that got both black and white people dancing.NBC News, NBC News, 9 May 2020
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Karen Knorr’s photos of the private members’ clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues.The Economist, The Economist, 25 Feb. 2020
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“Fossil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fossil. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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