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relic

[rel-ik] / ˈrɛl ɪk /


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After a generation where bunting was viewed as little more than a quaint relic, players coming up were rarely exposed to them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

By 2013, then-Macy’s Plaza had devolved into a dated, downscale relic that got little love despite its location near offices, hotels and a busy subway interchanget.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Researchers could look for relic gravitational waves created during an earlier cosmic phase.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Buoyed in part by mozzarella-stick-seeking Gen Zers, Chili’s has transformed from a ’90s relic to the hottest restaurant chain in the country.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

He examines it like it’s a precious relic.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

There are large fragments of salt-eaten machinery littering the shore, relics of the island’s martial heyday.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

The people who work at Arion certainly don’t see themselves, or their work, as relics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Saar’s studio is packed with relics gathered from sidewalks and swap meets in L.A., and from trips to Marrakesh, Mexico, Nigeria, Haiti and Brazil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The most important scene in the tapestry, according to Dr Musgrove, shows Harold reaching both arms out to touch two boxes of holy relics while making an oath.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Unlike land sites, where the invaluable evidence of past cultures and people are often covered over or mingled with the relics of succeeding eras, an ancient shipwreck is a pristine historic time capsule.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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