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original

[uh-rij-uh-nl] / əˈrɪdʒ ə nl /




NOUN
person who is eccentric
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Researchers led by the University of Liverpool uncovered strong evidence that traces of original organic molecules, including collagen, still exist inside dinosaur bones dating back roughly 66 million years.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Gil Hanse used rare aerial photographs by Colonel J. Victor Dallin to restore Aronimink Golf Club to its original 1920s design.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The original “Jackass” crew are now in their 50s, long past the point when being shot out of cannons and zapped with tasers seems like a sensible career plan.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

For decades, scientists believed dinosaur fossils were little more than mineralized rock, with any original biological material long since destroyed by time.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

He paged back through the Story Book—which was even now recording everything Jack said—to May’s story of the original kidnapping.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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