primeval
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Between them, they encounter America at its most beautifully primeval.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
With a single, in-block cam, one timing chain and two valves per cylinder, Godzilla is so primitive it’s practically primeval.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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
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
Of course the Greeks too had their roots in the primeval slime.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing primeval
The Call of the Wild
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The Red Pyramid
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