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as in artifact
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals
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as in dinosaur
one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity
his courtly manners marked him as a relic of a more refined and formal era
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Recent Examples of relic
They were seen as a relic of a mid-century faith in centralized bureaucracy, and some prominent politicians, physicians, and researchers argued that the model was woefully outdated by the late 1960s.
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TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Countless tools, potsherds, and other relics line museum shelves, illuminating the world of our ancestors.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
The book version of Bridget has come in for derision as an embarrassing relic of postfeminism, screwing up even the most basic personal and professional tasks, and fixated on her thigh circumference and her office crushes.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
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A fan of retro-futurism and survivalist relics has taken things to a new level, sharing the opening of a 70-year-old can of emergency drinking water.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Countless tools, potsherds, and other relics line museum shelves, illuminating the world of our ancestors.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
The book version of Bridget has come in for derision as an embarrassing relic of postfeminism, screwing up even the most basic personal and professional tasks, and fixated on her thigh circumference and her office crushes.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
By Result By Alice Gibbs Senior Life and Trends Reporter
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A fan of retro-futurism and survivalist relics has taken things to a new level, sharing the opening of a 70-year-old can of emergency drinking water.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relic
Noun
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Photos show the burial site and its distinctive artifacts.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
18 Feb. 2025
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Advanced algorithms and neural networks can analyze pixel artifacts, unnatural movements and other subtle audio-visual data inconsistencies to detect deepfakes accurately.—
Dan Yerushalmi,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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There are royal palaces filled with artwork and priceless antiques, grand cafés, and fascinating museums.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2025
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Ditch the frills and abundance of antiques for something more open, natural, and curated.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Feb. 2025
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Its feathers and wishbone align it with birds, while its teeth, claws and bony tail tie it to theropod dinosaurs.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Cooper was inked with another dinosaur, which Wyatt pointed to in the picture.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Amid the investigation, trace amounts of DNA found on a knife sheath at the scene of the 2022 murders in Moscow, Idaho, did not show up in law enforcement CODIS databases.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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That lab found trace amounts of the cocaine metabolite, norcocaine.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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This is one resilient bear, even in the face of a villainous Hugh Grant, who plays a narcissistic, has-been actor.—
Brooks Barnes,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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This isn’t a turn of events that Macchio, 63, possibly could have expected just a few years ago, when most of Hollywood had dismissed him as an Eighties has-been.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
12 Feb. 2025
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The final moments of the episode see Misty (Christina Ricci) log into the citizen detective message boards to find a surveillance photo of Lottie’s corpse.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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Brittany Cole, 37, of Zanesville pleaded guilty Feb. 26 to charges of murder and abuse of a corpse and was immediately sentenced to life in prison, according to a news release from the Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2025
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The remnants of its blue shipping crate, sealed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York weeks earlier, were scattered on a nearby ledge, nails poking through plywood.—
Mike Ives,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Although the polarization blocks a significant honeymoon period, this is likely the remnants of that.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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Marsh reported the carcasses to the Whiting Parks Department, who then found about 40 birds in the lake’s ice shelf.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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In India, vultures were nearly driven to extinction after scavenging on the carcasses of cows that had been given a common painkiller.—
Emily Elconin,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Relic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relic. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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