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Finally, in 1997, the more primitive, mini-tanklike Sojourner Rover was the first wheeled robotic vehicle to roam Mars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Playing with hickories in primitive conditions would give us a true sense of what golf was like before course designers reshaped landscapes and mowers meticulously smoothed out their surfaces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Bennu is considered an exceptionally primitive asteroid because its material formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago and has experienced relatively little chemical alteration since then.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

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 people might say our society is primitive, but I think it is the best, fairest system that I know.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

In our view, these are the computational primitives of the system.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025

The language is made up of geometric primitives, including basic building blocks of shapes, as well as rules that dictate how these can be combined to produce symmetries and patterns.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

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

“We are called primitives, xenophobes, paranoids, racists. We are even called populists,” he said to laughter.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 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