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archaic

[ahr-key-ik] / ɑrˈkeɪ ɪk /


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Lawyers also dug up archaic legal tracts and 19th century dictionary entries defining the word “election.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Hanisee owns one of nearly 700 properties in Altadena that’s never had sewer lines, instead operating for decades on now-outdated septic tanks or even more archaic and environmentally hazardous cesspools.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

They had very large brains along with traits associated with archaic humans in East Asia and Neanderthals in Europe.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

What’s going on with the obsession with reviving archaic occupations, like learning from artisans fixing old shoes?

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Any large-scale human cooperation—whether a modern state, a medieval church, an ancient city or an archaic tribe—is rooted in common myths that exist only in people’s collective imagination.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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