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as in medieval
having passed its time of use or usefulness
prehistoric notions about mental illness that have no place in today's world
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Recent Examples of prehistoric
Museum representatives encourage New York residents to report any similar finds, so that experts will have even more opportunities to expand their knowledge about the state’s prehistoric history.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
This is all mirrored by wordless sequences depicting the Simpson family’s prehistoric ancestors, rendered in an entirely different animation style that calls to mind cave etchings, as well as primordial Simpsons designs.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
These are prehistoric mammal relatives that lived during the Permian period (around 299-252 million years ago) of Earth's history.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Today, the caverns hold evidence of both the Maya and the people who inhabited the region before them, as well as the fossils of prehistoric megafauna.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
This is all mirrored by wordless sequences depicting the Simpson family’s prehistoric ancestors, rendered in an entirely different animation style that calls to mind cave etchings, as well as primordial Simpsons designs.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
These are prehistoric mammal relatives that lived during the Permian period (around 299-252 million years ago) of Earth's history.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Today, the caverns hold evidence of both the Maya and the people who inhabited the region before them, as well as the fossils of prehistoric megafauna.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prehistoric
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Snaking through 10 countries and four capital cities (Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade) before emptying into the Black Sea—the Danube is the second-longest river in Europe, gliding past lush vineyards, medieval fortresses, and fairytale castles that have stood the test of time.Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The novel takes place in a fantastical version of the medieval Islamic world, specifically on the Indian Ocean, where the titular captain, Amina, once helmed her own ship and crew.Vanessa Armstrong, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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That led various departments to buy archaic typewriters, 28 kinds of typewriter ribbons, and 132 kinds of pencils.Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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In the immediate aftermath of the event, it was reported (including here and here and here), and then spread widely on social media, that this was because Southwest was still using an archaic version of Microsoft Windows that had never received the problematic CrowdStrike update.Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Where To See The Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peak Unlike most meteor showers named after constellations, the Quadrantids derive their name from the obsolete constellation called Quadrans Muralis.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Or maybe someone will come up with a totally new architecture that renders transformers obsolete.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
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At sunrise this morning, about 15,000 people gathered at Stonehenge — the world’s most famous neolithic monument — to mark the arrival of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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When standing in the presence of a treasure, perhaps a neolithic fertility figure or Egyptian tablet, an icon pops up in the top-left-hand corner of the screen encouraging you to take a picture.Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Prehistoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prehistoric. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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