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palimpsest

noun as in manuscript

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composition

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hard copy

noun as in parchment

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pell

noun as in tabula rasa

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The end result can evoke a palimpsest feel.

From Los Angeles Times

Each new power painted over its predecessors’ propaganda posters and insignia, leaving the province’s buildings a palimpsest of the war’s winners and losers.

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After so many years, St. Mark’s Church is a palimpsest of memories for Mullins.

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“They have this palimpsest of a billion years of history.”

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“The Institute is a palimpsest all its own. Remember that word I taught you?”

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