relic

Example Sentences

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Now this story seems less like a relic and more like a warning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The province is dotted with old Catholic churches—a relic of a time when public institutions like schools and hospitals were under full control of the clergy.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The without even features a pilgrimage to Topanga Tower, the mysterious cold-war relic in the Santa Monica mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

“Friday” has become a relic of pop, virality and how we once used the internet.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2026

To Sullivan, Hunt was merely a relic, Burnham something far more dangerous.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson