primitive
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The composition’s primitive lyrics seem to place its genesis much earlier, likely around the time of “With The Beatles” or “A Hard Day’s Night.”
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
"Some of these diving birds' feathers seem to have been modern-looking and waterproof, but they also had some smaller, fuzzy, primitive body feathers that we associate with dinosaurs and enantiornithines," says O'Connor.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The researchers concluded that all three belonged to a primitive stem lineage of insects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Despite the relatively primitive state of world models, tech luminaries are piling in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
From a medical bag, they removed a few primitive instruments, including a saw.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
In our view, these are the computational primitives of the system.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025
“You’ve got options. You’re only constrained by the primitives you’ve built and your imagination.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
These omissions feel particularly glaring in light of how Aly excoriates the scholars of the era for viewing the islanders as history-less primitives who simply “died out” after contact with the modern world.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
Two lazy primitives begin an epic journey through the ancient world after they are banished from their village.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2020
Now, I suppose you’re going to say, but, Mister Ibis, these people were primitives, they didn’t have radio controls and vitamin pills and jet airplanes.”
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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