archaic
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Director Prosit Roy, who is father to a toddler daughter, describes himself as "a girl dad" and says he made the film to challenge "old ideas and archaic values".
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
It is widely considered the oldest archaic primate.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
It felt like there was something arch, ironic and archaic even for its own era.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 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
The bottles of ink I remember particularly, because I was very charmed by them, and by the long black straight pens, which looked incredibly archaic and troublesome.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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