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as in artifact
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals
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as in dinosaur
one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity
his courtly manners marked him as a relic of a more refined and formal era
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Recent Examples of relic
However, fax struggles to shed its perception as a technology relic from the pre-internet age.
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Jeffrey Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Outside, the museum’s free archeological park holds ancient stone relics, from tumbled columns to ornate gravestones.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
One relic from this era is the Beverly Hot Springs, an artesian well once used by Native Americans that was rediscovered in 1910 when Richard S. Grant purchased the land as a wheat field.
—Courtney Wittich, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
But the Mayor’s Management Report (MMR), launched in 1977, is a relic — thousands of stats that don’t answer the only question that matters: is government actually solving problems?
—Melanie La Rocca, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
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Jeffrey Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Outside, the museum’s free archeological park holds ancient stone relics, from tumbled columns to ornate gravestones.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
One relic from this era is the Beverly Hot Springs, an artesian well once used by Native Americans that was rediscovered in 1910 when Richard S. Grant purchased the land as a wheat field.
—Courtney Wittich, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
But the Mayor’s Management Report (MMR), launched in 1977, is a relic — thousands of stats that don’t answer the only question that matters: is government actually solving problems?
—Melanie La Rocca, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relic
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The $15 admission ticket grants you access to the original 19th-century Italianate villa, the classic boxwood parterre garden, and a museum filled with photos and other artifacts detailing the Barnsley family's history.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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With a super-bright laser light engine, image speckle, as in grainy, shimmering artifacts, can become an issue.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Photo: Eytan Stern Weber/Evan Joseph Images The doors (left) may be antiques and lead out to the northwest corner of the terrace, with views up to Central Park.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
19 May 2025
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The beginning McPheeters has been selling antiques for almost 60 years.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2025
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The first song teaches little ones to count to 10 with the help of colorful dinosaur friends.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
30 May 2025
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While studies have found that bed bugs have been on Earth since the dinosaurs, the estimated 90 species of the arthropods shared a fairly stable symbiotic relationship with their hosts – until human ancestors began forming societies and living in close proximity.—
Bronwyn Thompson,
New Atlas,
28 May 2025
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Several people reported feeling sick in the Netherlands after consuming Haribo fizzy candy that contained traces of cannabis.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Organizations can, therefore, sift through logs, traces and metrics, analyze trends, detect anomalies and identify root causes faster and more accurately than humanly possible.—
Dave Link,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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On June 8, Nicole Scherzinger, 46, won her first Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her role as Norma Desmond, a has-been staging a comeback in Sunset Blvd, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway adaptation of the 1950 film by the same name.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
9 June 2025
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Sun-soaked, punk rock ’70s California, a fraught family safari in Africa, a frustrated has-been and a digital future portrayed in a PowerPoint presentation show how disparate lives can affect each other.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Aides played a propaganda video, and Trump held up a photograph of body bags which, according to Reuters, actually showed aid workers burying corpses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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When a young family member takes over the business, ethics go out the window as corpses are defiled, organs are sold, gold teeth are pulled, and people are maybe even murdered.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
30 May 2025
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He was surrounded by the remnants of war and hardship: a rough neighborhood in which dominance and toughness served him well.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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This skybridge, just off Park Avenue, is also a remnant of a building designed for another purpose: to shield famous daughters from the prying eyes of the Upper East Side.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
3 June 2025
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FedEx typically prohibits the shipping of animal carcasses except in certain circumstances, which might include getting pre-approval.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Cleaning up the Environment Vultures fulfill the vital role of consuming carrion, or the carcasses of dead animals.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 May 2025
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“Relic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relic. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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