as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged
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Recent Examples of fossil
The new fossil is the largest marsupial -- in terms of body and size -- found so far in North America from the Paleocene period, Chris Beard, senior curator with KU’s Biodiversity Institute, said in a statement.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 June 2025
These fossils, possibly brought by ancient trade networks, suggest a fascinating intersection of natural history and human activity.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
According to a new study in Cretaceous Research, scientists have identified a new lekking site at Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado — a spot famous for its iconic fossils, including Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, Allosaurus, and more.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2025
This suggests the species was widely distributed, Barrett said, hypothesizing that other fossils of it simply haven’t been found yet.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 June 2025
These fossils, possibly brought by ancient trade networks, suggest a fascinating intersection of natural history and human activity.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
According to a new study in Cretaceous Research, scientists have identified a new lekking site at Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado — a spot famous for its iconic fossils, including Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, Allosaurus, and more.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2025
This suggests the species was widely distributed, Barrett said, hypothesizing that other fossils of it simply haven’t been found yet.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
Noun
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By 2010, however, this relationship had inverted, with conservatives expressing the lowest levels of trust in science.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
10 July 2025
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Nevada’s Experience: While the idea has support from both liberals and conservatives, the biggest existing attempt to do so, in Nevada, has so far created little affordable housing.—
Abe Streep,
ProPublica,
8 July 2025
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Burks signed a one-year veteran minimum contract with the Heat last summer and again will likely need to settle for a minimum deal to re-sign with the Heat this summer.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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Brogdon, 32, is a nine-year veteran who has played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers and Wizards.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.—
Alison Snyder,
Axios,
23 Feb. 2025
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
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With his piano-pounding performances, wild vocals, bouffant hair and makeup, Little Richard burst onto the musical scene in the 1950s and shook up the stuffed shirts with a string of his hit songs that got both black and white people dancing.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
9 May 2020
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Karen Knorr’s photos of the private members’ clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
25 Feb. 2020
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“Fossil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fossil. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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