relic

Example Sentences

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Now this story seems less like a relic and more like a warning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The province is dotted with old Catholic churches—a relic of a time when public institutions like schools and hospitals were under full control of the clergy.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The without even features a pilgrimage to Topanga Tower, the mysterious cold-war relic in the Santa Monica mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The Kuiper Belt itself is a relic of the early Milky Way, when the galaxy existed as a rotating disc of gas and dust.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

It feels furtive, secret, a relic I use to remember and to punish myself.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse