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primeval

[prahy-mee-vuhl] / praɪˈmi vəl /


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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

Between them, they encounter America at its most beautifully primeval.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

This month, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is opening an exhibit that will use scents and sounds mimicking an ancient forest to recreate a primeval paradise.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024

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

There was something foreboding and primeval about it; it made the fine hairs on my arms stand up.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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