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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.
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Susan H. Gordon, Phd,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
It was used anciently as a preservative, a seasoning, and medicinally for its antibacterial properties.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Campbell, who previously served on the Boston City Council, and was defeated in her bid for mayor, was elected attorney general in 2022, running on issues like transparency and accountability.
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Customers can look forward to organic, handmade pasta and meats cooked over open fire, alongside seasonal veggies and sauces made from scratch, CharlotteFive previously reported.
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Minasian’s flurry of moves before and after the 2023 trade deadline seemed chaotic.
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Doulas practice across the country to assist patients before, during, and after childbirth, particularly with their emotional and physical needs.
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Their agents also knew this and assuredly would have shared that risk assessment with their clients (especially for Veesaar and Evans, both of whom are repped by The Team — formerly Wasserman — an agency that sent multiple potential first-round picks back to school this draft cycle).
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The Twin Cities Irish Fest, formerly known as the Irish Fair of Minnesota, is hosting a block party bash as a celebration of the local Irish community and a fundraiser for the annual August festival.
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After initially selling its stock at $135 apiece in its ballyhooed initial public offering earlier this month, SpaceX’s price briefly soared above $225 within its first few days of trading.
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For China’s grueling annual college entrance exam earlier this month – which more than 10 million hopefuls take each year – authorities required screening of all glasses.
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The 18-year-old McKenna is from Yukon’s capital of Whitehorse and has been a prolific scorer on both sides of the Canadian border, with his selection validating the projections of the left winger being his age group’s top prospect more than two years ago.
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Barely six months ago, US special forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas in a daring and deadly raid.
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“Anciently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anciently. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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