Recent Examples on the WebIt was used anciently as a preservative, a seasoning, and medicinally for its antibacterial properties.—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024 In several of the poesie paintings, Titian cast the faces of his protagonists in shadow, obscuring our sense of their inner lives, making them at once more anciently remote and more humanly familiar.—Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
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