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It also turns the leaders of the AI companies into Lewis and Clark in coonskin caps with parchment maps, bravely surveying our country that it might understand its true size.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

His pale, almost translucently white skin was stretched across the bones of his face like parchment.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Since parchment was widely used for centuries, DNA recovered from it may help researchers investigate how domesticated animals changed over time, how different breeds emerged, and what diseases affected livestock.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

The text formed part of what is known as a codex, where parchment sheets were folded to create pages and marked out to create book numbers to help readers navigate.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Allun looked at him quickly and then glanced at the parchment.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

"We've shown that we're able to extract a tremendous amount of new information from these parchments without harming them," says Breen.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

There are no secret documents or Ark of the Covenant filled with parchments detailing punt returns, two-point plays or gunner lanes stored away on family property, they say.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

The National Archives rotunda where they sit is dim and chilly, for conservation reasons, and visitors shuffling past the displays can see why — the parchments are faded and hardly legible.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2018

The parchments were knock-offs of the calligraphy-filled, personalized Apostolic Blessing parchments that are sold inside the Vatican by Francis' chief alms-giver to fund the pope's charitable efforts.

From US News ● Dec. 14, 2015

If not, well, he’d be dead, and his new brothers could wipe their araes with these parchments.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin