historic

Example Sentences

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He characterized the historic site as “rusting and rotting.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It’s a historic increase, not seen since the Korean War.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

I was filled with the same hope I had as a pre-teen watching Apollo 11 blast off for the historic moon landing.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Other doors were sealed, it added, "to prevent excessive permeability of the historic building's spaces - structures dating back to the 1500s - considering their changed functions and the evolving international context".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

When we think of major overseas population movements, we tend to focus on those since Columbus’s discovery of the Americas, and on the resulting replacements of non-Europeans by Europeans within historic times.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond