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
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
Actually he asks if he can carry my shopping bags, which look heavy and are, and I let him, feeling silly and archaic and looking first to make sure no women I know are watching.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing archaic
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Grade 9, List 2
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