primeval
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Asked what makes the tournament so popular, Mathews said he felt it was a primeval connection with rock and water, coupled with misty-eyed childhood memories.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Extrapolating backward in time, Lemaître proposed the idea of a primeval atom: a singularity from which the universe emerged in a uniquely hot, dense state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Both are made of the same primeval matter, and both are the same age and size.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2024
This small companion galaxy is more primeval than the Milky Way in that it possesses fewer heavy elements, which are forged in stars through nuclear fusion and supernova explosions, compared to our own galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023
Emptiness and disorder were the primeval, natural state of the cosmos, and there was always a nagging fear that at the end of time, disorder and void would reign once more.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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