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Recent Examples of anciently
Tell El-Fara’in, anciently known as Imet, was a significant urban and religious hub from the Middle Kingdom onward.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Eleven miles west, crossing the Piave again but this time onto flatter lands, grown in the anciently rural Tezze di Piave, Cecchetto’s Raboso wines match Prosecco’s acidic presence as instead vertical reds complex with pine, wild berries, and spicy notes.
—Susan H. Gordon, Phd, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
It 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
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Eleven miles west, crossing the Piave again but this time onto flatter lands, grown in the anciently rural Tezze di Piave, Cecchetto’s Raboso wines match Prosecco’s acidic presence as instead vertical reds complex with pine, wild berries, and spicy notes.
—Susan H. Gordon, Phd, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
It 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anciently
Adverb
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Kinghorn previously served as foreperson of the El Dorado County grand jury.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Managers also wear poppies on the touchline, including Thomas Tuchel, the German who is currently head coach of the England men’s national team having previously managed Chelsea in 2021 and 2022.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The night before, Annabelle had made the traditional meal of baked rabbit, asparagus, and custard.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the film gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as never before.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Yung Lean spoke about his relationship with Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Travis Scott in a new interview with The New York Times Popcast.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Two of three runways at the airport are open for operations, according to a post on X, formerly Twitter.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Anger and apology Bosch, who was crowned Miss Universe Mexico earlier this year, denounced Nawat for insulting her.—
Anabella González,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Schlegel, a travel adviser from Arlington, Virginia, has told clients to not panic, to monitor their flights and to arrive at the airport early.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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And JCPenney shed hundreds of stores in its 2020 bankruptcy and is now down to 650 locations, from 1,100 a decade ago.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Anciently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anciently. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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