fossil

Example Sentences

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But for now, most in Europe still rely on fossil fuel imports.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The fossil was collected from the middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation in Utah's House Range.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

That includes increased demand on electricity grids that are often reliant on fossil fuels, and on local water supplies used to cool the hot servers inside.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Before this fossil was studied, the oldest known chelicerates came from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota of Morocco, dating to about 480 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Later, when Moody saw the finished photos, he thought at first that Pearl looked like a delicate fossil, something caught for millennia in the skeleton belly of a prehistoric beast.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng