anachronism
Example Sentences
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The dialogue is spiced with profanities and anachronisms, and the plot moves ponderously through a thicket of complications.
From New York Times
Historical anachronisms and factual inaccuracies are maddeningly distracting for readers.
From Washington Post
The awful costumes, the awful set, the dreary anachronisms melted away.
From Los Angeles Times
“Artist attributions also need to consider social and historical factors,” such as workshop practices or anachronisms in the use of materials, and the AI can’t do that, he says.
From Scientific American
But the accompaniment, from her longtime keyboardist and collaborator Sullivan Fortner, is on synthesizers, savoring the anachronism.
From New York Times
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