archaic

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Like Karen Barwick though, he questions the need to string them up calling it "archaic".

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

“The presence of these fossils in Colorado suggests that archaic primates originated in the north and then spread southward, diversifying soon after the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period,” adds Dr. Chester.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Despite the archaic language, it has the simplicity of a sea shanty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

And this is not some archaic cinderblock and mortar contraption: It’s a top-of-the-line, high-tech fabrication.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

This is the kind of touch they like: folk art, archaic, made by women, in their spare time, from things that have no further use.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood