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primeval

[prahy-mee-vuhl] / praɪˈmi vəl /


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The red-stone Trinetra Ganesha temple pops against the green mist of the forest primeval.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

For example, how much primeval forest has been cleared for an agricultural product or how the land was previously used.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024

The primeval compulsion inside him that he can’t name flares.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

They sang a song of praise and fertility as we walked amid a primeval panorama of mountain ranges and a dazzling rainbow arcing toward our ultimate point, the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

But until quite recent times—painfully recent times—one thing remained in abundance that preserved the primeval super-Eden feel of the original forest: the massively graceful American chestnut.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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