primeval
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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
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
One critic, João Ribeiro — a prominent folklorist himself — called it “voluntarily barbarous, primeval, an assortment of disconnected fragments put together by a commentator incapable of any coordination.”
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023
Perlin believes this has become the mantra of society ever since Gilgamesh and his men plundered the great primeval woodland.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023
It was a gloomy and primeval spot, deeply shadowed in the gray dusk.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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